We were reminded of Endara when reading the following verses, from If you see a train this evening, Far away against the sky, Lie down Trains have called us, every midnight, From a thousand miles away, Trains No one drives the locomotive, No one tends the staring light, Trains Railway stations stand deserted, Rights-of-way lie clear and cold: What Let them cry like cheated lovers, Let their cries find only wind. Trains here’s to Song, and Sin<\/p>\n Painting by Gonzalo Verse from Granity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon, 1971<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We had the pleasure and honor to dine with Endara Crow at The Trattoria de Enrico in Guayaquil, shortly before his death at 60 in 1996. He took charge of ordering, as it was one of his favorite restaurants. We remember … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/crowtrain.jpg\")
<\/em>We
\n had the pleasure and honor to dine with Endara
\n Crow <\/a>at The Trattoria
\n de Enrico
\n in Guayaquil, shortly before his death at 60 in 1996. He took charge
\n of ordering, as it was one of his favorite restaurants. We remember
\n a HUGE seafood platter for the table, with scallops, shrimp, squid,
\n octopus, Concha Negra, sea snails and four kinds of fish, all super-fresh,
\n and three different sauces for dipping. Now one of our favorite resaurants,
\n and still one of our favorite artists.<\/p>\n
\n Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, in our opinion the greatest novel ever
\n written in English, for the fifth time.<\/p>\n
\n in your wooden blanket, Sleep, and let the train go by.<\/p>\n
\n that pass through empty cities, Trains that have no place to stay.<\/p>\n
\n have never needed riders, Trains belong to bitter night.<\/p>\n
\n we left them, trains inherit, Trains go on, and we grow old.<\/p>\n
\n are meant for night and ruin. We are meant for song, and sin.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Endara Crow<\/a>, Ecuador, 1936-1996<\/p>\n