Seen on the way to the annual Mississenewa 1812 reenactment, where a big Indian slaughter is celebrated, or depicted, every year near Marion, Ind.
Notice how the sign uses a backward D, creating an emoticon that can't be made with a keyboard. Some linguist working on her ph.d should interview the author, I would think.
Sad, yes, but we just compromise and turn our faces the other way.
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Oh, but that changes the tone entirely. Something more profoundly despairing in the corn maze version, where yours looks more confused/ baffled.
ReplyDeleteI think the elevated "E" in "CANCELED" also adds to the melancholy.
ReplyDeleteHow does a corn maze get canceled anyway? Corn not tall enough? Influx of maze vandals? Weevil trouble?
True--that E adds a syllable almost, like they were stretching to fit an iambic.
ReplyDeleteIt was probably cancEled because the farmer switched from corn to crystal meth this year.
It is so sad when that happens. I don't really think of Meth as having such a siren song as that... more of a horribly deformed, burnt out hippie song.
ReplyDeleteHey, I hear you are traveling south - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me--I was wondering if you two knew anything about that town--has Mike spent any time there?
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