Sue,
Hi, how are you? I read once the following lines:
I dropped a great weight on your big toe and but I didn't mean it. So it
didn't hurt, did it?
and
Cause and effect are not brothers and they face in opposite directions.
Colin
Please see the body of the poem for additional comments in caps.
Whether murder or manslaughter,
> >the victim does not care,
> >being quite dead either way,
> >so one, wounded by DELIBERATE insult
> >or what ARISES FROM ignorance,
> >OR ill-breeding, bleeds just the same,
> >although of course somehow to blame.
> >Victims always are.
> >Motives, whether of malice
> >or stupidity, do not mitigate pain.
> >The sting of sarcasm,
> >the slight turning away,
> >the cutting remark-- all these
> >serve as well as hunter's bow or sling.
I'D PUT A LINE BREAK IN HERE BECAUSE THE POEM CHANGES MODE
> >The piranhas are gathering at the buffet.
> >The dagger across the Haviland,
> >the blowgun behind the potted palm,
> >the poison in petit fours
> >are as lethal as the one
> >who lifts the ladle at the punch bowl,
> >parceling out slander and strawberries.
> >Amid the savannas, in the misty veldt
> >of oriental carpets and parquet,
> >leopards slink and stretch,
> >taking their time.
> >Does intent or lack of it
> >change anything?
> >The dead grimace
> >from the grave. Ask them.
> > Another canape? Oh yes, please.
> > Wonderful cheese straws!
> > A family recipe?
> >
> >Sue Scarf
GOOD
----- Original Message -----
From: "catherine JF" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Garden-variety Murder and Mayhem at Tea
> Hello Sue - this is a bitter poem! I felt it really picked up at the end
> and was just a little lecturing at the beginning. I think you could start
it
> from: Motives, whether of malice...
>
> I love the lines about the misty veldt and the oriental carpets.
>
> all the best
>
> Catherine
> >
> >ORIGINAL
> >
> >Whether murder or manslaughter,
> >the victim does not care,
> >being quite dead either way,
> >so one, wounded by the deliberate insult
> >or what may be the result of ignorance,
> >ill-breeding, bleeds just the same,
> >although of course somehow to blame.
> >Victims always are.
> >Motives, whether of malice
> >or stupidity, do not mitigate pain.
> >The sting of sarcasm,
> >the slight turning away,
> >the cutting remark-- all these
> >serve as well as hunter's bow or sling.
> >The piranhas are gathering at the buffet.
> >The dagger across the Haviland,
> >the blowgun behind the potted palm,
> >the poison in petit fours
> >are as lethal as the one
> >who lifts the ladle at the punch bowl,
> >parceling out slander and strawberries.
> >Amid the savannas, in the misty veldt
> >of oriental carpets and parquet,
> >leopards slink and stretch,
> >taking their time.
> >Does intent or lack of it
> >change anything?
> >The dead grimace
> >from the grave. Ask them.
> > Another canape? Oh yes, please.
> > Wonderful cheese straws!
> > A family recipe?
> >
> >Sue Scarf
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