{"id":371,"date":"2014-02-23T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=371"},"modified":"2014-02-23T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T13:53:04","slug":"new-york-city-blog-feb-16-feb-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=371","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog Feb. 16 – Feb. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s an e.e. cummings\u2019 poem, \u201cmaggie and millie and molly and may\u201d.<\/p>\n

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maggie and millie and mollie and may<\/div>\n
went down to the beach (to play one day)<\/div>\n
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and maggie discovered a shell that sang<\/div>\n
so sweetly she couldn\u2019t remember her troubles, and<\/div>\n
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millie befriended a stranded star<\/div>\n
whose rays five languid fingers were; and<\/div>\n
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molly was chased by a horrible thing<\/div>\n
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and<\/div>\n
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may came home with a smooth round stone<\/div>\n
as small as a world and as large as alone.<\/div>\n
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for whatever we lose (like a you or a me)<\/div>\n
it\u2019s always ourselves we find in the sea.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m off to Sicily soon and have been brushing up on Greek and Roman myths. The myth of Persephone originated near the town of Enna. Playing in a field one day, she was abducted by Hades who took her to the Underworld. Her mother, Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, refused to allow plants to grow as long as her daughter was kept captive. At last a compromise was reached. Persephone would spend some of the year in the Underworld (winter) and return to the earth and sunshine in the spring. I\u2019m going to Enna in the springtime. The original shrine has been replaced by a race track.<\/div>\n
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And now a question about Artemis\/ Diana. If I were a lesbian and had opened a \u00a0restaurant\/bar\/yoga-pilates center, I\u2019d name it either the goddess\u2019s Greek or Roman name. Artemis never wanted to marry and she was accompanied by fifty fleet maidens. Has she been embraced by the lesbian community?<\/div>\n
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