urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:colddeadhands hold your head up high Joe Scafidi 2010-12-06T04:59:27Z urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:colddeadhands:349 2010-12-06T04:59:13Z 2010-12-06T04:59:27Z It is the time of death<br />and the fear of never<br />having lived at all<br />crazes the young<br />when pigs that escaped slaughter <br />eat dozens of fermented<br />apples and charge drunken thru <br />empty woods<br />and huntsmen somewhere else<br />are learning the trade<br /><br />- Al Purdy, &quot;Autumn&quot;