Hello James,
            Long live drollery, eh? Actually, I can let you into a little secret. This poem is not really about the meaning of life. It´s about having a little wee in the middle of the night ... although, maybe that IS the meaning of life. Well, well, I must give this more thought.


Best wishes,   Mike



--- Alkuperäinen viesti ---
Very droll Mike. Good stuff. I mean the poem. Is this an ode form? I guess 
it doesn't matter.



bw
James





>From: Mike Horwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: ..which contains a little preface
>Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:27:50 +0300
>
>Preface
>If I might just indulge myself in a little preface; here it is. The subject 
>has come up before, and I think we all agree, with a degree of unanimity 
>indeed, if unanimity might be said to proceed by degrees, that as 
>philosophy goes there´s philosophy and philosophy. And as such, this one´s 
>definitely about the meaning of life, which is in any case self-evident 
>from the title. But that´s enough from me - on with the show:
>
>
>Ode to a Chamberpot
>
>
>Friend and companion of my days
>of striped pyjamas with
>those plaited drawstrings that always
>got lost down one of its holes
>
>like a rabbit hiding in its burrow.
>Mother to the rescue, concertina-ing
>the absconding cord back to daylight
>and the knotted bow of modesty.
>
>That very modesty which ceased,
>in the still and chilly midnight,
>to be an issue as I issued
>from between warm, distracted sheets
>
>to kneel as one in prayer who pours
>his heart out to his god. I knelt
>and poured and prayed in the dark
>that everythting was going where it should.
>
>
>
>
>Mike

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