he bottle was found and word was otu as to its contents and it was sold to
the highest bidders.
So sad .I knew them both.
The church is very solemn and stern James over there and very Teetotal.
Thanks for your response I will look at the words
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: New sub: Jetsam
> A moral tale Arthur. The second line doesn't make a lot of sense.I know
what
> you mean but begs the question: how can you buy a bottle found on the
shore?
> "Potent" and "solemn" echo music hall monologues... was this intended?
> bw
> James
>
>
> >From: Arthur <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: New sub: Jetsam
> >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:18:41 -0000
> >
> > Jetsam
> >
> >With money stolen from the school they planned
> >and bought a bottle found along the shore,
> >no label, but grey-heads and common lore
> >thought it a potent whisky from Japan.
> >They knew no better but the lure was there
> >of joys denied them by the solemn church,
> >so in the deepest bush they bent their search
> >for flame-lipped kisses from that liquid fire.
> >
> >The drink was paraquat, the promised kiss
> >was pain and death. One rots in shallow scoop,
> >the other views forever with blind eyes.
> >The first will crown the village pile with his
> >stripped skull and ooze, with rain, down seaward slope,
> >the other leans to learn the sea's long sighs.
>
>
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