Yeah, seemed almost too straightforward but moved sideways neatly
toward the end...
Doug
On 28-Jul-07, at 8:59 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
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> 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.)
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> I enjoyed it very much, Hal.
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> Andrew
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> I did too. All too widely applicable as a political poem. Good work.
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