yep, i've been carried back to rome. you've evoke the good memories.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> the cobblestones were hard
> on horses' hooves
> on carriages whose wheels
> were just as hard
>
> now jouncing at varying speeds
> sudden stops
> for pedestrians
> & other interferences
> they remain historical
> ly hard
> tough
> on foreign feet & bodies
>
> a sense of the past
> present in every step & swerve
>
>
>
> Douglas Barbour
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>
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
>
> Latest books:
> Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> Wednesdays'
>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html
>
> In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field
> general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by
> hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he
> has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his
> troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained
> ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's
> defensive line.
>
> In baseball the object is to go home!
>
> George Carlin, RIP
>
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