http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/09/23/the-great-i-am/ Publishing Creative and Contemporary Writing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:14:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/09/23/the-great-i-am/comment-page-1/#comment-351 fogman Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:12:23 +0000 http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2007/09/23/the-great-i-am/#comment-351 I've read this a few times now - the first time I kind of brushed it off, but the second time it grabbed me. I started looking at it like a riddle, then I re-read the title. Twice. It stopped being a riddle. In fact, it seems to sum things up pretty neatly (too neatly) though it's the opposite of a precise summation. "zenith of the abyss" captures it best. Very depressing. Don't give this kid a gun. I’ve read this a few times now – the first time I kind of brushed it off, but the second time it grabbed me. I started looking at it like a riddle, then I re-read the title. Twice. It stopped being a riddle. In fact, it seems to sum things up pretty neatly (too neatly) though it’s the opposite of a precise summation. “zenith of the abyss” captures it best. Very depressing. Don’t give this kid a gun.

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