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Red murano frog; how to respond to an untimely death?

Red murano frog

Glass-eyed bulges
watch us gaze
at the star-children
nestled within his back.

His red legs tense
as if to jump.

His front pads grasp hold
just in case;

but, he does not ejaculate
his kin.

He grins there going
nowhere, knowing
we pose no threat.

His red skin glistens
a promise of poison and death.

How we obsess
to touch him.

copyright 2008 Kåre Enga [165.107] 2008-06-08

This was prompted by the picture of a red murano frog in the entry of alfred booth, wanbli ska "Invalid Entry" 

Murano is an island of glass factories just north of Venice. The 'star-children' are millefiori, a cluster of varied colored glass, a technique mastered by the folks of Murano.

Millefiori: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millefiori

ME:

Nerves made the day difficult. Bought a book on roses. Ate. Watched the storm-clouds blow east. Accomplished nothing.

BLOGVILLE:

I wrote a lament last night for someone here at WDC whose husband recently took his own life. He was 30 ...

How does one properly respond? I don't dare send it yet. I am very aware that I do not know this person well, that there are numerous cultural barriers (religion among them) between us that could lead to misunderstandings and at this moment I am sure she doesn't need any more pain.

How then would you handle this? I left a short note in her blog, e-mailed someone who knows her better in case he knows what to say.

What would you say?

IMAGINE:

Carrots, mock orange in bloom; sumac in bud; the buzz of mosquitoes; spirea and sweetbush; yellow pea and vine honeysuckle; crownvetch in pink; the march of big black ants.

Kansas: 71 degrees at 22:00 ** Image ID #1295354 Unavailable **

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