"There is nothing like a good storm for washing away mental debris, and I let it."
— Klinkenbourg, Verlyn (b. 1952)
Work Title
Date
August 1, 2009
Metaphor
"There is nothing like a good storm for washing away mental debris, and I let it."
Metaphor in Context
As the storm began that afternoon, the horses moved out from under the maples along the fence line. They came to the place they always stand, square in the middle of the pasture, and settled into immobility. The hiss of the rain rose into a drumming roar, and I thought about the shelter the horses had found in their own stasis. There is nothing like a good storm for washing away mental debris, and I let it. I stood there, looking out the window, while the kitchen door swelled in its jamb and the slugs began fingering their way upward toward the knob.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Klinkenbourg, Verlyn. New York Times. August 1, 2009. Week in Review, WK7. <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
08/02/2009
