I was horrified when I saw the title of this ( I didn't have the preview
pane on) I thought that it meant Billy Connolly had died. But, not so.
So what do the 'gentlemen' do?
david b
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From: "ShannPalmer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: a tribute to BillyC.
> When Billy Collins reads
>
> ladies swivel sideways in their seats,
> smile across the aisle at friends
> who know what they mean in a glance.
>
> Each one bites a lip- some to the side,
> some full on, wondering whether
> they should have worn red instead
>
> of dismal black, they know the words
> by heart, try to catch his attention,
> many brought a book to be signed.
>
> Pressing thighs together they squeeze
> inside his words, imagining the poet
> putting pen aside to touch dark places,
>
> write all the letters of the alphabet,
> with his tongue, he has made them wet,
> for his music, they come to poetry.
>
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