snicker-snigger-snicker-snigger
brill! grasshopper, brill!
It brings Eliot into a real world I can appreciate!
(and the thought of Alan Whicker's nasal-drone and TSE's dull dry squeaks is
hilarious!)
Bob
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sub:Snickers
>Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:25:45 -0000
>
>C&C please-the first 2 ines are from Prufrock:
>
>
> Snickers
>
>
>I have seen the Eternal Footman
>hold my coat and snicker;
>he recognises off-the-peg
>and I tipped him half a nicker.
>
>I have seen the Eternal Barman
>arch his brows and snicker
>then semaphore his cronies
>that I cannot hold my liquor.
>
>I have seen the eternal Houseman
>bend his ear and snicker;
>grace notes for my hardboiled lungs
>and my syncopated ticker.
>
>I have seen the Eternal Frontman
>raise his mike and snicker
>nailing me with quirky quips
>like the ghost of Alan Whicker.
>
> grasshopper
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