Congratulations, Rachel! I like the ending, especially, and the way the poem
gets at the way Hefner, and men like him, and his "philosophy"--didn't they
once call it "the Playboy philosophy"?--is about cheating death without
admitting that's what it's about.
Good for you!
Richard
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Subject: my Hugh Hefner poem
If you're so inclined, "Miss October" is at Poetry Daily today and
afterwards for a year in the archives.
http://www.poems.com/today.htm
(Apologies to anyone who's getting this announcement more than once. . .
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People that are really weird can get into sensitive
positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
--J. Danforth Quayle
Rachel Loden
The Richard Nixon Snow Globe:
http://www.wildhoneypress.com/BOOKS/RNSG.htm
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