[Critique Group 2] Leonard's comments on Brad's sub

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Beautifully written. 



I agree with the old man on this one



Howeverr, . I question the inevitability of death,



 Meaning that itaccepts the meaning of death as cessation of the consciousness of the deceased.



“Why” is not the question to be asked here.



But the mind set of the innocents that asks the question issomething we can’t be sure of.



Certainly the brutality and lack of empathy for the creatureis in question. 



Can we really understand that aspect. 



Certainly, not to take life wantonly we must always ask, “



Why.”Why would I or anybody do such a thing? 



Such vbiolence lurks in all of us



. It’s a question we should ask ourselves if we are ever to gaincontrol of thise tendencies



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An Integral Part of Life



C By Brad Corallo



Word count 230 




 


Leaden, evening sky hangs over the salt marsh.



Carefully picking a way through the tidal flats



a young girl comes upon the body of a dead seagull.



Half closed lids reveal lifeless deep brown eyes.



Crushed feathers and the neck at an unnatural angle,



cause of death cannot be determined by casual observation.



She is assailed by conflicting emotions



certainly sorrow but with a sense of disbelief



that such a creature can be so clearly dead.



The stark vulnerability of the inanimate corpse,



seeming somehow too final and unreal.




 


As she makes her uneasy, disconcerted way home over theweathered flats-



she meets an old man who daily combs the shore and tidepools .



She turns and points at the dead seagull.



Giving her a penetrating look, he speaks.



A Voice like rusty metal and trodden oyster shells,declaims:



"anything, powerful or weak, free or caged, tame orwild, beautiful or



unsightly



ultimately will be killed by something .



Expected or unforeseen, the inevitability of death



Is an integral part of life." 



As they head in opposite directions she wonders how such canbe true,



and,  when and how her moment of inevitability willcome. 



As she comes in sight of the lights of home



she whispers to her self :



"even if it is true, the thing I don't understand, iswhy?"




 


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