Hi Gary,
This is impressive! There's a real skill in writing simply - and that's what 
this has got!
And little queries:
1.  is "campout" a one-word-verb in the US?
2.  I sometimes read "imagined equals, imaginary importance." and feel I 
want words before these words to create more syntactical/grammtical sense: 
"become imagined equals..." or whatever.
3.  And, a nit: I feel the title's not yet a title! Part of me wants to 
suggest something like "To Be Read On May The (Whatever) Every Year" - or 
something with even more force than that!
I did wonder about the way you've merged the names together but, in the end, 
think it's OK... but have you considered using an & inbetween, or using Caps 
for their first letters? I guess you've tried it... (It's the balance 
between keeping them close together and being seen as individuals, I 
guess...)
Bob

>From: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: New:  Allison And
>Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 15:37:37 -0700
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>Allison And
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>allisonjeffreysaundrawilliam
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>The dead do not crave to be first.
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>They do not push to the head of the line
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>or campout unshaven, unbathed,
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>to say they were there before the rest of us.
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>saundrawilliamjeffreyallison
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>The dead do not seek publicity.
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>They do not run for governor
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>simply to see their name in print,
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>imagined equals, imaginary importance.
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>williamallisonsaundrajeffrey
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>The dead do not save press clippings.
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>They do not employ an army of agents,
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>lawyers, hanger-ons and sycophants
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>to keep their name in the public eye.
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>jeffreysaundrawilliamallison
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>The dead are not like you or me.
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>(The four are the students shot at Kent State, May 1970.  Thanks
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>John Fox for the reminder.)
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