Thank you, Jill! Much appreciated up here!
I've been off nigh everything of late
off-line at least
but
'I'm working my way back to you, babe ...
With a burning love inside ... '
Best
Árni
--
Árni Ibsen
Stekkjarkinn 19,
220 Hafnarfjördur,
Iceland
tel.: +354-555-3991
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.centrum.is/~aibsen/
on 12/25/03 10:11 PM, Jill Jones at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi Árni
>
> Thank you for the grumpy sisters and the tiny hall and the bells.
>
> best wishes,
> Jill
>
>
> On Thursday, December 25, 2003, at 04:36 AM, Árni Ibsen wrote:
>
>> SNAPSHOT 35
>>
>>
>> dry afternoon
>> but neither long
>> enough nor windy
>> enough to
>> merit
>> the happy name
>> of paupers' dry spell
>> whereby the poor could
>> wash their only
>> clothes in the morning
>> and put them back on
>> on the eve of
>> december 24 our
>> meal's in the oven
>> the city grows
>> quiet the house
>> smells like christmas
>> already and
>> the usual visitors
>> start dropping by
>> bringing gifts
>> the grumpy old
>> sisters arrive
>> early this year
>> revelling in their
>> dislike of each
>> other loving travelling
>> together on this
>> particular day
>> of the year well-wishing
>> throngs our tiny hall
>> the open door
>> blocked by goodwill
>> and a surplus
>> of peace as
>> solemnity sets in our
>> christmas begins
>> at six
>> on christmas
>> eve at the sound
>> of the bells
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