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She strikes you deep in the gut,
with a low voice that hits you
like a sucker-punch you weren't expecting,
reaches inside, and pulls
at your heart, and there's no escaping it.
Her talons of woe sink in,
an ancient american siren,
and the beauty of her song enthralls you.
She has a grim secret to tell you, my friend,
a terrible truth.
Oh, it wraps around your neck like the chains
being lamented in her song, and it feels heavy,
dragging you
way
down
deep
into the bottom of your soul
Sing to me, sing to me, till the guilt and despair
wash away my complacent naivete,
I feel the blues, sister, I feel the blues,
and it's a terrible truth.
-Ben Thorne
Homecoming Weekend '95:
an entertainment retrospective
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buck wild, above, David Nutt masters the
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life!
Thorne published in
Savannah Literary Journal
SARA JOHNSON
photography editor
The Savannah Literary Journal
has recently published two poems
by first-year student Ben Thorne.
One of them, "The Blues Singer,"
appears to the left.
Sara: When did you start writ
ing poetry?
Ben: 2nd grade. I would write
poems for special occasions like
my parent's anniversary; they were
almost Hallmark cards, but more
serious. My first real poem was
in 4th grade when my grandfather
died.
S: Did you read it at the funeral?
B: No, I didn't let anyone see it
because I was too embarrassed. It
was an open casket so I stuck it in
his pocket. I don't think anyone
knows to this day.
S: What's the most bizarre thing
you've ever written about.
B: Well, I'm not sure. Let me
flip through my notebook, I'll find
something pretty quick. (He flips)
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Ben reads from his work at last Thursday's coffeehouse
read Ulysses by James Joyce?
S: No.
B: Well basically it's about ev
ery man going through an epic
adventure; even the mundane is an
adventure. So I wrote a poem
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