Thank you, Martin. I envy you that first flurry,
that new govt.
Hal
"Some dangerous poem is always stalking you."
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On Dec 10, 2007, at 6:35 AM, Martin Dolan wrote:
> Hal
>
> I was just going to say I love this one, though I'm struggling to
> articulate why. The way an almost surreal set of images leads so
> inexorably yet unexpectedly to the final two stanzas.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin (who's past the first bureaucratic flurry of welcoming a new
> government in Australia)
>> Categories of Fish
>>
>> First, there are the kind that we like to eat,
>> the ones with fins and silvery scales.
>>
>> Then, there are those who walk upright
>> in the evenings. Almost.
>>
>> Then come those who walk backwards
>> until someone tells them not to.
>>
>> There are fish that feed millions from a single
>> basket, a meal that suffices for weeks, even months.
>>
>> Then, there are those that hang out in schools,
>> never wandering off on their own,
>>
>> never graduating, taking a degree,
>> or even declaring a major.
>>
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
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