EPISODE 511 THE RIDGETOWN AND WINTER ICE
alan skeoch
jan. 2022
Fire and Ice
BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
“Remember that poem Marjorie?”
“Yes, today seems like the world will end in ice”
“Metaphor for hate…lots of that around below our border”
“Good day for ghost ships on Lake Ontario.”
“Fog snd dark sky”
“Everything in black snd grey.”
“And white and slippery”
“I will give you five bucks if you play hop scotch out to the end of those slabs.”
“Madness surfacing in a twisted mind.”
“Look, a ghost ship coming out of the fog.”
“I am going to slip and slide my way out on the slabs to get a good picture.”
“You Fathead.”
“Need s story for today’s episode.”
“What dimwit..no one reads your stories.”
“They must.”
“Why?”
“Nothing else to do.”
“Holy smoke….the ghost ship is getting close.
“It’s turning.”
“Heading for you Alan…get off those rocks and lets get out of here.”
“I slipped…ghost ship is getting closer.”
“Get up, Alan…!!”
“Can’t my foot is caught…doomed”
“Ghost ship is turning.”
“I can read the name.”
“It’s the Ridgetown.”
“Couldn’t be the Ridgetown.”
“Why not?”
“The Ridgetown was scrapped 7o or 80 years ago…
filled with cement and boulders…rest on the bottom of
Lake Ontario now.”
“That’s right but today it has come back to life.”
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