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Basement Orpheus

Cari Donaldson
Mar 8
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Basement Orpheus

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When I was younger, Orpheus was my jam. Even then, as a heathen child in the midst of a secular educational system, I recognized the deeper story Orpheus was pointing towards. There in my 10th grade English class, dutifully deconstructing Greek and Roman myths into their lowest common denominator, I could smell the otherwordly on the pages of my Houghton Mifflin textbook. There in the back corner of Mrs. Goosey’s 5th hour class, I heard the story of Orpheus the lover, and the crust of ages fell away and I was there, earnestly wooing my beloved even under the deepest parts of the sleepy earth.

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Blue Collar Dude
Writes The Blue-Collar Chronicles
Mar 14

Beautiful writing!

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Lisa Brunette
Writes Brunette Gardens
Mar 8

Lovely!

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