In a continuing celebration of the life and creativity of my father, Tom McClellan, who passed away this last Saturday, August 3rd, I will be publishing some excerpts of his work. The following is an excerpt from his blog posted on May 14, 2011.
Elysium
We came at last to the middle of nowhere.
Homey, suburban, not alien at all.
A side yard between two houses,
Where children often play,
Untouched by growing pains or war.
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“The Elysian Fields, or the Elysian Plains, were the final resting places of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.” (Wikipedia)
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