Nobody does communal grieving better than social media. I offer a little purple mountain majesty tonight, Noah's dove released after a flood of tears, "an ocean of violets in bloom."
Two white doves showed up on the mountain back in January ("animals strike curious poses"), probably orphans from a wedding or funeral release, a sight so stunning and rare, enough to make a person of little faith believe in signs. Even then I thought of Prince when I encountered the doves, the same way I always will when I see a raspberry beret or spot a little red Corvette, and hear the year 1999 or the word "delirious."
He even sang of "Mountains":
"But I say it's only mountains and the sea
Love will conquer if u just believe (oh yeah)
It's only mountains and the sea
There's nothing greater, u and me"
