Hi Deborah,
I'm a tad confused by the line-breaks here... some seem to work by breath (I
can feel the pause, enjoy the energy of starting the next line). Others,
however, puzzle me. The lines ending with "the" and "a" seem strange for my
eye and my voice.
When I get to "The good news...", tho, I'm with it all the way to the end!
Bob
>From: Deborah Russell <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: An Unknown Number (contains 'adult' language)
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:59:42 -0400
>
>*An Unknown Number
>
>In the time it took
>the dictator to admit
>he was shiteating* the
>goatfucking* war supporters
>40,000 people were exposed
>to radiation, air borne viruses
>and news media the equivalent
>of National Enquirer.
>Early this morning, we
>received notice, another
>20 journalists were incarcerated,
>45 received an increase
>in salary and 12 (falsely
>accused of being poets) were
>exiled.
>Later, around 4:30 pm,
>it was marginally noted
>130,000 poets died in effigy.
>In yet another startling and
>unusual accident,763 nomads
>died mysteriously,in the
>exhaust from a
>a three lane collision
>which claimed the lives
>of an unknown number
>of innocent people.
>The Department of
>Social Injustice claimed
>the accident was allegedly
>caused while the nomadic
>tribe was detained
>for questioning
>after witnessing
>the marboro man
>and several camels hump
>gasoline pumps
>while singing Dixie
>and sipping ice cold
>coca-cola.
>The good news, from
>one of our own reporters,
>Ms.Benevolent Jones, who
>reports that a total
>of 3,500 mothers received
>unexpected gifts of
>various household appliances
>and furniture.
>An unknown source,
>relayed that it is
>quite possible that
>their joy might be
>short-lived.
>
>
>deborah russell
>
>* Please excuse the derogatory terms. They are quotes from another list
>serve, where 'battle of wits' ended in name calling between members. (I was
>not a participant.)
>
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