Ode to Columbia
Missouri       Misery             Mizzou    Words        Images             Feelings   They come flooding over me like a fountain dammed up for a long time.           Are they good, are they bad?                I don’t know.                     I know they are strong.   Why, what?           Why do I feel this way?                What is it about MISSOURI ?   Not just Missouri but specifically Columbia .   Visions flash in front of my eyes –        Hickman High, 16 years old, new girl in school.               A year later, married, pregnant, drop-out, failure – a ne’er do well.   But MIZZOU       Legitimacy, not a failure,              a gradua...