Hey, "greying", OK, if you must, but I'll have you know I never shake my
head in dismay - growl with ire is more like it, and raise my eyes to no
one, let alone Heaven. Otherwise this charming, very rude sonnet reminds
me of *Voyage to Puerilia* in its tenor, though the ground bass tells
another story.
mj
Halvard Johnson wrote:
> The G-Rated Sonnet
>
> I'd like this sonnet to be as sweet, as tender and sexless, as any
> love scene featuring Diane Keaton and Steve Martin. I'd like it
> to be as dulcet-toned as Anita O'Day singing "Skylark." I'd like
> my sonnet to be full of children, yet void of conception, preg-
>
> nancy, and childbirth. Their ears would be ears that have never
> heard "foetus" or "fuck" or "pudenda." Their family newspaper
> would report only engagements, weddings and births. Images
> of war, of broken and mutilated bodies would never appear there.
>
> No names of the dead, please. They'll all remain nameless, unless,
> of course, it's Grandma or Grandpa, or, sadly, little Rexie, who
> never lived to be a full-sized dog, or that small, nameless kitty we
> found in the backyard that day and which Junior ran over with
>
> his scooter without meaning to do so. Like gray-haired Martin, this
> sonnet shakes its head in dismay, raises (briefly) its eyes to Heaven.
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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> Today's Special
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> G(e)nome
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