Ah, to turn that into a delight, Sheila, for others reading, at
least. If you're going to write a prose poem, this is the way to do
it, not Alexander's....
Nothing 'bureaucratic' here....
Doug
On 21-Jan-09, at 11:03 AM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> That cough suppressant never seems sufficient. I still hack. The
> voice, once
> honeyed, now finds a companion in dry air. I fancy singing alongside
> complex
> dance. Such scansion leaves me little heart to go on, as a part of
> me not
> water is still breath.
>
> Do you know a synonym for shallow that would peek at depth?
>
> The silence I retort is blinding and resides near deafness.
> Triumvirate
> conditioning requires a #2 pencil, not HB.
>
> Once I saw a silhouette and I decided not to be the filler
> narcissist. What
> happened to quotation marks around that statement?
>
> Bloodlines lead the mind, while blond indifference needs low lights.
>
> Semaphore, turned a little to the left again.
>
> The incinerator used to work, and now it's lodged in the Smithsonian.
>
> What does celebration mean?
>
> Amid all this consternation and huggable opportunity, one reality
> remains:
>
> I need to have my flute examined.
>
>
>
> sheila e. murphy
>
Douglas Barbour
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Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
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Oh, goddamnit, we forgot the silent prayer.
Dwight D, Eisenhower
[at a cabinet meeting]
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