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
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> who sorts what to put
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> where for the benefit
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> of all these pills
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>
>
> I'm careful to take
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> the right ingredients
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> for the correct effect
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>
>
> Each day we throw ourselves out
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> into the society in which we have landed
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> circumspection and laws telling us
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> where we fit in the mix
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> if we fit at all / pity those who don't
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>
>
> Who come up against
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> the twists and turns that
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> we take in our stride
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> and beat their heads
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> against a thin membrane
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>
>
> This is where thinking of
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> where the pills go and who sorts out what
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> has taken me / thoughts
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> that spark off each other and travel
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> down new avenues over old bridges
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>
>
> Here I am trying to channel these
>
> words down avenues of syntax
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> and the phone rings and my wife wants my attention
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> and the cat . well, the cat can wait.
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>
>
> The metaphoric downstairs
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> is all around and must be highly organised
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> to orchestrate the minutes and hours of day and night
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> to a creative end / maybe this poem /
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> perhaps the blog of all your days .
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>
>
> Hence the concept of God
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> who I may call 'Downstairs'
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> for an uplifting moment
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> or Basement for its connotations
"We don't serve fine wine in half-pints, buddy."
--Robert Ashley
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