Daniel Lawless St. Petersberg (Steve Kronen)
Freudenschreck Freudenschreck, or “intense pleasure-fright“—leave it to the Germans To coin a word for the fleeting sense of being seized By such an inexplicable joy it verges on terror. Or maybe it’s inexplicable terror pretending to be joy. Also, a physical phenomenon: neurologists say the amygdala Glows red as a jack ball whether subjects gaze at images of planetesimals or gallows. Picture a joyride, the Appalachian pin-brides of Eugene Meatyard. Put yourself in the shoes Of Aiyana Clemmons, 44, Of Peru, Indiana, a long-time congregant of the End Days Christian Church according to the Gazette, who may have had a seizure That caused her to “shiver all over” although another passerby reported Hearing her shout “Praise Him!” or “Praise God!” before “she sort of rocked him” Before casting that beautiful child into that cold river. |
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