Thanks, Hal. I'll give it a try ...
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: snap (very drafty)
> You can get transplantable single-spacing in Word by using
> shift & return/enter at the end of each line.
>
> Hal
>
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>
> > Once again I have written it in Word and transplanted it - hence
> > the double
> > spacing. Sorry about that - it is meant to be in single spacing ...
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:51 AM
> > Subject: snap (very drafty)
> >
> >
> > Who is it downstairs
> >
> > who sorts what to put
> >
> > where for the benefit
> >
> > of all these pills
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm careful to take
> >
> > the right ingredients
> >
> > for the correct effect
> >
> >
> >
> > Each day we throw ourselves out
> >
> > into the society in which we have landed
> >
> > circumspection and laws telling us
> >
> > where we fit in the mix
> >
> > if we fit at all / pity those who don't
> >
> >
> >
> > Who come up against
> >
> > the twists and turns that
> >
> > we take in our stride
> >
> > and beat their heads
> >
> > against a thin membrane
> >
> >
> >
> > This is where thinking of
> >
> > where the pills go and who sorts out what
> >
> > has taken me / thoughts
> >
> > that spark off each other and travel
> >
> > down new avenues over old bridges
> >
> >
> >
> > Here I am trying to channel these
> >
> > words down avenues of syntax
> >
> > and the phone rings and my wife wants my attention
> >
> > and the cat . well, the cat can wait.
> >
> >
> >
> > The metaphoric downstairs
> >
> > is all around and must be highly organised
> >
> > to orchestrate the minutes and hours of day and night
> >
> > to a creative end / maybe this poem /
> >
> > perhaps the blog of all your days .
> >
> >
> >
> > Hence the concept of God
> >
> > who I may call 'Downstairs'
> >
> > for an uplifting moment
> >
> > or Basement for its connotations
>
> "We don't serve fine wine in half-pints, buddy."
> --Robert Ashley
>
> Halvard Johnson
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