Ah but she lived with you
P concerned
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Sent: 22 December 2011 16:04
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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.
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> --- 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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