Well, Lawrence, all ficklish issues aside, as far as most of us can tell, she was very good for your work! Without contraries, no progresso!
She - and go knows, maybe it's a he! - still shows up, and more than enough, to kick the barrel or chair out from under my arse.
Rhythm & echo - I prefer to hear the barrel roll.
Stephen V
--- On Thu, 12/22/11, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Anything You
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 8:03 AM
I lived with her
L
On Thu, December 22, 2011 15:57, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I suspect most of us have met "her" more than once!
> Thank you, Sheila.
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/22/11, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Anything You
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, December 22, 2011, 7:18 AM
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>
> Anything you give, she already has
> demanded, anything you bring her, she has specified. You do not spritz, nor
> do you surprise.
>
> Anything you might prefer to add
> to her replete approach, swiftly, quietly becomes past tense.
>
> Anything she wants you may imagine,
> she will shift by whim. You do not add,
> you do not activate, you do not thrive.
>
> Anything you chant, she has already
> sung. Rungs on the ladder to her bliss, remain invisible histoire, your
> flimsy repertoire.
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
>
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