thanks fred. i'll do the cleanscrean (?) when i get back. rite now,
errands, number one commitment. plus i'm thinking, now that you've
mentioned it, maybe i'll perk up in the pouringness out there just as your
hydrangeas have reinflated, better ready to do cleanscrean. sounds like a
plan, plus i don't have anything resembling an umbrella.
truly me
more PS (or is it BS?): and i need more explanation about the "hows" of
your sparerness, the actual specific how-you-did-it of sparerness. oh lor'
, please don't make me explain what i'm hoping you'll explain!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frederick Pollack" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: revised "Fiftieth Anniversary"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "judy prince" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 8:06 AM
> Subject: Re: revised "Fiftieth Anniversary"
>
>
> Damn, Fred,
>
> You force me from my barely awake self, shaking with lack of sleep but
> need
> to Do Errands On Saturday before the hordes descend in their gas-guzzling
> suv's........etc.
>
> Another damn, Fred. You force me to acknowledge that Yes, one can like a
> poem and dislike the person of the poem.
>
> Not a damn, Fred. This one was sparer than the others, wasn't it? If I'm
> right, tell me why bcuz I'm too asleep to want to figure it out plus
> you're
> the one who wrote it and you may have been aware of your sparerness. If
> it's not sparer, then I wonder why I felt it was. You can tell me that,
> too, for the same reason I said before.
>
> Jeez, Fred. Whatup with the east coast of this country today? I mean
> we're
> gittin that spring rain thing for days now. Same in DC? Nice that it's
> way
> mild, tho.
>
> o.k. Please write me back bcuz I wanna know what you think about your
> stuff. And try to th'ow some philosophical stuff in there, too. And
> mebbe
> a fairy tale or two. oh, and a funny story. I am SO needy this morning!
>
> The Handicapper General (from short story "Harrison Bergeron" by
> Vonnegut,
> 1961) aka Judy
>
> PS And DAMN US! You wanna tinker, then you go the hell ahead and
> tinker,
> damn it!!!!
>
> Good morning, my dear. I too lack sleep. After weeks of drought that
> have turned our yard to mangy sand and our garden to a morbid elegy we
> are in our second day of constant rain. Amazing how rapidly hydrangea
> leaves reinflate - have been watching them as dawn came. - Sparer, I
> suppose. Because it's a commemorative poem, almost an ode, for a public
> event, and not a tragic one; how often nowadays does one write one of
> those? The only funny story I can think of involves my Uncle Oscar and
> you really don't want to hear. Instead, to cheer you up, I strongly
> recommend going to www.cleanscrean.info. Make sure the speakers of your
> computer are on.
>
|