Excellent, Ralph! Out of curiosity, how did you find out the name of the mayor of Cascade? Or did you make up the name (LeMay)? Poetic license?
Roger - Your agoraphobic one is excellent, too. An interesting take and quite poetic.
You both, obviously, did your research.
It's interesting, Roger, that you have these allusions to death:
It pains
my sense to see the buds reborn in May
and know how brief the game it is they play.
and
death alone can cure my soul of death.
Because what Wiki says about it is
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Another common associative disorder of agoraphobia is necrophobia, the fear of death. The anxiety level of agoraphobics often increases when dwelling upon the idea of eventually dying, which they consciously or unconsciously associate with being the ultimate separation from their mortal emotional comfort and safety zones and loved ones, even for those who may otherwise spiritually believe in some form of divine afterlife existence.
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