The interesting thing about pen is that it suggests enclosure even before
penitentiary comes to mind.
Colin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cooper [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New sub:Tried and true
>
> Hi grasshopper,
> A light cynical piece!
> It's a shame "send me to pen," (which I guess should be "not send me TO
> the
> Penitentiary" and "perps," (which, I guess, might mean "perpetrator") make
> me have to add the silent missing bits in my head.
> Could it stilll work if those stanzas were omitted? Whaddya think?
> Or some slight adjustments may work...
> Bob
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> >From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: New sub:Tried and true
> >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:23:12 -0000
> >
> > Tried and true
> >
> >I want to be tried in the U.S. of A.
> >I want to be tried on tv.
> >I want a defender in seams and high heels
> >so the people aren't looking at me.
> >
> >I want a jury made up of all men,
> >twelve citizens trusted and true.
> >I want an attorney in micro and silk
> >so the jurors will know what to do.
> >
> >I want to be tried in the U.S. of A.
> >I want to be tried on tv.
> >I want my sweet lawyer to point out the fact
> >that Society's guilty -not me.
> >
> >I want to be clean-shaved,dark-suited and smart,
> >and then if they send me to pen,
> >I'll campaign for justice from behind bars
> >and soon have my freedom again.
> >
> >I want to be tried in the U.S. of A.
> >I want to be tried on tv.
> >America knows we're all victims not perps,
> >so that's where a good boy should be.
> >
> > grasshopper
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