Thanks, Andrew--and Frederick, and Kasper
Hal
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number for?"
--George Costanza
Halvard Johnson
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On Jul 28, 2007, at 9:54 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> I cannot just sit here and say nothing - The sonnet applies perfectly
> to our Little Johnnie Howard who is hanging on to the reins of power
> here by the skin of his teeth - and by the fuck-ups (in past
> elections) by the Labour opposition. (Nice mixed metaphors, I think.)
>
> I enjoyed it very much, Hal.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On 29/07/07, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Sonnet: A Little Story
>>
>> We cannot just sit here and say nothing, so I'll tell you
>> what—I'll tell you a little story. Once upon a time
>> there was a little president who thought he could be bigger.
>> He tried and tried to grow himself but only got him smaller.
>>
>> He sent out folks to find folks littler than him so he could
>> make them like him more. But they, they just didn't listen and so
>> he had to kick their butts. Then they, they only hollered, and he,
>> he smallified some more. I'll smallify the world, he said, and
>>
>> then, if'n they don't line up with me, I'll smallify them more. I'll
>> rubble-ize their houses and turn their lunches into ash. I'll give
>> all of them nicknames that'll wither up their butts. But they,
>> they didn't listen, and he just grew him smaller and smaller,
>>
>> small ears and little eyes and all. By now, he's only visible to Hub-
>> ble. And naked eyes? They just don't even see him anymore.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
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