III. “If you give this man a ride, sweet Emily will die.” – from “Riders on the Storm” (1971) by The Doors
III. “If you give this man a ride, sweet Emily will die.” – from “Riders on the Storm” (1971) by The Doors
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II. “I swear you were born a weavers lover, born for the loom’s desire. / Move me, oh sway me. / Emily, you ornament the earth for me.” – from “Emmie” (1968) by Laura Nyro
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I remember reading this letter when I first received it in my inbox three years ago. Everything in the room went silent then, as if in the thrall of some cinematic effect, and my focus was completely on the text.
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I. “What a dream I had / Pressed in organdy / Clothed in crinoline / Of smoky burgundy / Softer than the rain.” – from “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” (1966) by Paul Simon
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In an attempt to pare the information down, I started deleting entries from my Facebook page, and here are a few of the choice items that I found posted there.