Engaged in dangling conversation, if Simon and Garfunkel are to be believed... John -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Wise Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:55 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sam 'n' Em I began to suspect something, and when i walked over to check, sure enough, they were Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost cleverly sculptured in black metal sillouette, in rapt conversation about poetry and flies and clocks and less travelled roads, etc. So, as far as the town of Amherst was concerned, their honored former residents, Em and Bob, were contemporaneous enough in spirit to be in eternal conversation right there in the park on Main St., regardless of the weather. I assume they are still there, although I haven't checked lately. Ben