thanks Kit -I like to go ott now and then to get a point home -have a good
trip-is there actually a Tehran some where in the uk???perhaps near Balham
or cheam maybe cheers patrick elderlyvikingbeserker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kit Fryatt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>; "Patrick Mcmanus" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: poem from patrick
> I'm actually going to the US this summer and everybody's been telling me
> that I better watch it, what with the birthplace listed on my (UK)
> passport being Tehran and all. I think this is a wee bit paranoid. This on
> a similar rantish theme.
>
> back home
>
> he pitched them into the humvee
> stacked like in a pyramid
> that was the first hurdle down
> he was a sailor not one
> of those psycho hulks he was
> called on occasionally to cajole
> he got on his knees and scrubbed
> when he's done his beard was stiff
> with lye
> like a long unused
> lionshead spigot downtown
> he dribbled a greygreen spit
> stain and jogged through the great hall
> to the bed on the dais.
>
> Best,
> Kit
>
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