Hi Cara,
The totalitarian poem. Not so scary really. I just refuse to believe we'd be
stupid enough to collectively fall under such a spell.
bw
James
>From: cara may <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: new sub for c and c: Rite
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:18:08 +0000
>
> Warning
>
>This may be regarded as being an unwarranted attack
>on something(s) that others hold dear. Please do
>not read if you are not in the mood for (my attempt
>at) satire.
>
>I claim the usual disclaimer: the characters and
>institutions portrayed are wholly fictional; any
>likenesses to living persons or organisations are
>completely accidental.
>
>
>
>
>
>-- Rite
>
>
> The desks have been laid out
> in the spacious hall
> by the white-gloved attendants.
> Measurements have been taken
> to ensure that each
> is at the statutory distance
> from its neighbours.
>
> In thirty seconds the candidates
> will swing through the glass doors, file
> to their seats, turn over their papers.
>
> In the interests
> of objectivity
> and the needs of the nation
> we have abandoned
> the extended reasonings of essays.
>
> Instead we present our system
> of multiple synonym choices.
>
> The highest honours
> and subsequent official placements
> will go to those
> who make the swiftest selections
> within the given parameters.
>
> Ticks must be placed in the appropriate circles.
>
> We regret that we must exact penalties
> for any other insertions, amendments,
> uses of initiative or imagination.
>
> It is of immeasurable importance
> that entrants ensure
> that their LEFT thumb-print is placed
> in the box that is to be found
> in the top RIGHT hand corner
> of their answer books.
>
> 'Your time starts now...'
>
>
>cara November 2001
>
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