Oh, you always take things so personally, Martin. And Elmer Rice?
Haven't read him in years, and didn't know of this novel, which seems
(from a synopsis) . . . well, sweet and charming.
On Dec 12, 2005, at 6:23 AM, MJ Walker wrote:
> 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
>>
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