Me, not an optimist? I'm looking forward to the day when
the US is a former world power--sort of like Austria or
France or England, say. What a pleasure that will be! We
could all take coffee or tea in the afternoon and go to
operettas at night. Prosit!
Hal
On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> Yes, Hal, you make me feel like an optimist on the premises!
>
> Stephen V
>
>
>> Exactly one of those, Hal. Whew.
>>
>> Picked up out of the ether....?
>>
>> Doug
>> On 20-Nov-05, at 11:52 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
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>>
>>> Progress Report
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>>>
>>> Given aid and succor, perhaps a thousand men
>>> of good character, plus a thorough commander
>>> might hold off the armies of Khotan. Looking
>>> down the rows of poplars, we sought to mystify
>>>
>>> the enemy, but ended with the mystification of
>>> our own men and women. “Alone!,” she said,
>>> taking infinite pains to do so. Fringe groups
>>> hid in the forests at the edge of the plain.
>>>
>>> Residues of the past posted in strong positions.
>>> Defending or attacking, willy-nilly, a general
>>> must hold his tongue so as not to tip his hand.
>>> He found his troops less reliable than ever,
>>>
>>> unwilling to study ground, to realize how
>>> important it is to choose positions with care
>>> on more exposed terrain. Another child dead,
>>> another whose remains were not found.
>>>
>>> One cigarette apiece they were allotted,
>>> a humble beginning. Ever-widening circles
>>> lapped the shores of the cow-pond. The nation
>>> untenable, after all those years of promise.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --Halvard Johnson
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>> Each leaf a runnel the
>> roofs now skiffs in green
>> I’ve never done anything
>> but begin.
>> Lisa Robertson
>
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