November 24, 2004
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Habeas Corpus
From St. Nicholas Versus the Volcano:
“The day begins with Yvonne’s arrival at the Bella Vista
bar in Quauhnahuac. From outside she hears Geoffrey’s familiar voice
shouting a drunken lecture, this time on the topic of the rule of the
Mexican railway that requires that ‘A corpse will be transported by
express!’ (Lowry, Under the Volcano).”In honor of a particular corpse, from last Friday, November 19, here is part of a Log24 entry from that day:
“The meaning of the poem is
‘the full organized body of all the extension and intension that we can
find in it.’ “
– Allen TateA corpse will be transported by express!
The corpse in question is that of a children’s book
illustrator. The following screenshot from today’s online New
York Times illustrates both extension and, in light of the
Lowry quotation above, intension.
