In a message dated 01/27/2002 5:13:29 PM Central Standard Time,
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<< We always knew the room
must fill a thousand purposes
and yet must cheer.
Geraniums in pots are here,
a book-rack and a candelabra,
a calendar, a telephone,
tall flowers in vases, and a straggling vine.
>> The "are here" bothers me. Is there another way to say this, a stronger
verb? The call of duty versus beauty pulls so many of us and takes away from
what we might achieve. Virginia Wolf had a thing or two to say about this,
didn't she? We accept our patch of sky, live our lives, and do the best we
can. And if we are lucky, a fine poem like this comes out of it or perhaps
many of them. Thanks for this one.
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