Monday, January 15, 2007
Harry Horse Rides Out.
A tribute to the life and times of Scotland's Sunday Herald cartoonist Harry Horse, and his wife Mandy, who died last week at Papil on Burra in the Shetland Isles on Wednesday.
Mandy had multiple sclerosis, and the supposition is that Harry assisted her suicide then killed himself.
The Factory.
The factory never closes
Never regulates itself.
According to supply and demand.
It just produces more and more.
The machines in the factory
Are well maintained and efficient.
An automatic feeder ensures it never
Runs out
Of the raw materials vital for new production.
And when the product is ready
A new production line will begin.
Sometimes we wonder about the factory.
Why does it always produce the same stuff?
Can't it see that we have enough?
But the factory cannot answer such questions.
After all it is only a factory.
Harry Horse: 11 May 2006
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Mandy had multiple sclerosis, and the supposition is that Harry assisted her suicide then killed himself.
The Factory.
The factory never closes
Never regulates itself.
According to supply and demand.
It just produces more and more.
The machines in the factory
Are well maintained and efficient.
An automatic feeder ensures it never
Runs out
Of the raw materials vital for new production.
And when the product is ready
A new production line will begin.
Sometimes we wonder about the factory.
Why does it always produce the same stuff?
Can't it see that we have enough?
But the factory cannot answer such questions.
After all it is only a factory.
Harry Horse: 11 May 2006
See all recent posts.
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I'm sorry to see such talent leave, but it's hard to be left alone, too. That was a well-written article - the part about Roo dying made me cry.
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