The Hole in the Map-Lorraine Feather

[ti:The Hole in the Map] [ar:Lorraine Feather] [al:Tales of the Unusual] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hole in the Map - Lorraine Feather [01:04.73]Slightly below the Equator [01:06.91]Beneath a scalding sun [01:09.35]Waits a counterfeit paradise [01:11.03]And sure oblivion [01:12.47] [01:13.16]Or so they told our hero [01:15.21]In 1925 [01:17.33]As he went back to the river [01:19.77]That ate so many alive [01:23.82] [01:25.76]It starts as a trickle in the clouds and snow [01:28.07]With more than an America still to go [01:30.51]Steamrollers into the sea [01:32.34]Wide as New York City [01:34.47]Passable only in the worst of the heat [01:36.64]In the winter it rises 40 feet [01:38.90]The green hell is a heady trap [01:40.52]So dont fall down [01:43.53] [01:44.21]The hole in the map [01:47.40] [01:48.95]Youd bet such a forest would feed you [01:51.33]You would lose that bet [01:53.08]You thought you learned about fortitude [01:55.25]As a gentleman cadet [01:57.57]The painful pranks the floggings [01:59.57]Were bliss compared to this [02:01.50]As you hack through the lianas [02:04.30]Where hanging boas hiss [02:08.30] [02:10.10]There are bugs thatll kill you with a single bite [02:12.30]Turn your cotton britches to threads in a night [02:14.47]Homicidal gnats no bigger than seeds [02:16.55]Cynanide-squirting millipedes [02:18.54]Still you know you love it and you wont be swayed [02:20.84]Though you never are fully unafraid [02:22.97]Hits your heart like a thunderclap [02:24.52]So dont fall down [02:28.27]The hole in the map [02:30.89] [02:33.45]Back in the comfort of Devon [02:37.31] [02:38.38]You sweeten your tea and sigh [02:42.99] [02:44.12]Free now to sleep till eleven [02:48.43] [02:49.04]And watch the old world go by [02:53.87] [02:54.55]You smile at your civilized heaven [02:59.18] [03:00.49]And say that at last youll stay [03:04.55] [03:05.80]But close by the gates [03:08.16] [03:08.91]The Amazon waits [03:10.59]To quietly drag you away [03:14.51] [03:16.14]Drag you away [03:19.44] [03:22.24]Back to the river [03:23.56] [03:25.24]Its passable only in the worst of the heat [03:27.49]In the winter it rises 40 feet [03:29.49]The green hell is a heady trap [03:31.55]Dont fall [03:32.85] [03:50.59]There are bugs thatll kill you with a single bite [03:53.33] [03:54.89]Turn your cotton britches to threads in a night [03:58.08] [03:59.08]Homicidal gnats no bigger than seeds [04:02.20] [04:03.00]Cynanide-squirting millipedes