Dear Arthur,
You know, I think I prefer this clipped version.....
Kind regards,
grasshopper
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From: "Arthur Seeley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: [THE-WORKS] Fox with his modifiers removed-poor thing
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> Midnight! Clatter of lids
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> hinted at his presence.
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> Prince of Thieves!
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> Now by the wall, I met
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> the ferocity of his mask.
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> An alertness of whiskers bristled,
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> a strop of tongue lolloped
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> over the fence of teeth,
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> the reek and pant of him- so close.
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> He inspected me with an eye
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> that dismissed me with a blink.
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> He turned away unfolding
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> the life of him in a leap
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> that left me silent and stilled-
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> spirit of the woods-
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> he loped the sunken-road.
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> melted into the twilight,
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> flaunting the insult of his tail.
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> I breathed again. Later that night
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> he mocked me with a yelp
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> that pierced the dark and nailed my heart.
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