A nice angled poem , Insect. Not sure I like the form it is presented in but
like how the title takes on further connotations from the poem itself.
regards Arthur.
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Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:32 AM
Subject: New sub: gateway
> gateway
>
> he hoped that she would ask him
> in but she stands behind the gate
> and chats softly, asks about
> the postman, was he late, has
> he called? she is going out
> again, will not return until
> the day after tomorrow, would
> he take in a package if it came?
> he stands beside the gate and
> nods, of course, anything, after all,
> that's what a neighbour's for,
> and she smiles, goes down her path
> past mounds of brightfaced violas,
> and shuts the slick red door
> behind her.
>
> grasshopper
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