Arthur, Whoops! This one has misfired a little.  I
wanted to write a poem about there being 'three people
in this' relationship, to coin a phrase, when te third
is pain, pain which seems to have an autonomous life,
hi-jacking, distorting, having to be considered and
allowed for, and this a pain which the specialists say
has no longer a cause other than that the nervous
system is still carrying the message of pain from some
previous cause.  As I sometimes do I wrote a couple of
drafts which were more explicit before writing this
one. The personality the pain has is not really a
friendly one. (Although there may be some mode of
therapy, for all I know, which proceeds by getting to
know and befriend your pain, that can't work unless
the bearer of the pain wishes to follow that course.)
So I designated the personality as being that of an
offender. There are obviously overlaps between medical
and forensic investigations. Sorry to have written
confusingly.  I by no means meant to diminish the
gravity of the situation for some one who has been the
victim of a criminal offender.
 cheers, cara

 --- Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I
like this and am quite happy to accept that there
> are two readings to this
> i) that there is a  real criminal involved which has
> caused grief to a close
> friend and ii) the criminal is a disease, illness,
> condition that has
> invaded your friends body. Perhaps the response is
> identical in both events.
> A good read  cara may. Ill bet I missed the point
> entirely.
> BTW Geckoes make a signal to each other that sounds
> like two small pebbles
> being knocked together or sometimes a plopping
> sound, depends on the size of
> the gecko, I suppose.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cara may" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:00 PM
> Subject: New Sub: Offender
>
>
> > --              Offender
> >
> >
> >
> >       For months you have thwarted
> >       the most talented of investigators.
> >       They have failed to read
> >       your finger-prints, write your profile,
> >       identify the places
> >       in which you lurk.
> >
> >       You continue your assault,
> >       twist your victim's gut,
> >       bleach his face,
> >       bring such rage to his tongue
> >       that even his closest friend
> >       is ready to desert him.
> >
> >       'No current identity' they say,
> >       shadower of past pain, lingerer
> >       in neurone, axon, synapse,
> >       to be evicted
> >       by the battering-ram
> >       of tranquillisers.
> >
> >       I am your victim's closest friend.
> >       I ask you to leave quietly. Now.
> >
> > cara                                   february
> 2001
> >
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