I don't know MG's work, but on the strength of this poem I want to.
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From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: RIP Michael Gizzi (1949-2010)
Thanks for this, Hal. Such 'news' does not make The News.
Too young, indeed.
Doug
On 29-Sep-10, at 5:39 PM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> Half Measures
>
> This being a democracy,
> one should resemble a description,
> and not a rumor to oneself.
>
> Naïve to think relationships are equal.
> Human nature is a public nuisance,
> humanity a bully after all.
>
> Are you experienced?
> Does water experience the ocean?
> Freedom's useless if you can't eat.
>
> The world is enormous,
>
> then you leave the house.
>
> --Michael Gizzi
>
> fr. *New Depths of Deadpan*
> **Providence: Burning Deck, 2009
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>
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> Hal Serving the tri-state area.
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