Ditto sweet P extended P on your slapping-good gorjus mood 'scape, Peter. nice work.
wildly dancing and willowed old sow
> From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2005/11/24 Thu PM 12:44:30 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Snap - The Ferryman
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> Peter I will Watch out for those'wildly dancing willows'
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> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Ciccariello
> Sent: 24 November 2005 08:01
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> Subject: Snap - The Ferryman
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> The Ferryman
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> in the riverthread of memory
> the boatman?s oar dips
> leaving rivulets in the mirrored sheer
> of the great oak hull
> you must know your own waterline
> casting off in your shell like this
> crossing is a silent violation
> passing the wildly dancing willows
> the soft mounds of bracken
> from here to there again
> your life is almost over
> the oar dips again
> yet still no closer to shore
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> Peter Ciccariello
> Providence, RI
> 11/24/2005 2:53:04 AM
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