I didn't say that I don't smile, Doug
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On Tue, January 17, 2012 15:59, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Coming to this late, I share Andrew's concern, but not too much. Anyone
> who can make such (joyful?) noises, has to be able to smile on occasion,
> Lawrence, & so I believe you do...
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> Doug
> On 2012-01-17, at 3:39 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>> H Andrew
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>> I think maybe it is the word _cheery_ which did it for me.
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>> And perhaps I was also speaking of poetry rather than life in total;
>> and in particular this mode of poetry. It is verging on the milennial
>> before I have started.
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>> Perhaps. Consider me an unbreliable narrator. Maybe.
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>>> I find this sad. Yet my cheeriness can be a mask to hide despair.
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>> Aha.
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>> But no
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>>> cheeriness would worry me - which would make me more glum, I
>>> acknowledge.
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>>> Oh, perhaps all I can say is, Cheer up!
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>> Oh I'm fine. There was a degree of posturing to make a point.
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>> But thank you for your concern, Andrew!
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>> Eeyore
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