thank you very much, Sheila
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On Wed, February 22, 2012 15:31, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Very moving, Lawrence. Thanks.
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> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> I went to Steven and accosted him
>> verbally, blaming him for my difficulties. He laughed at me, a concealed
>> laugh, quick smiles pulled over it, as one covers corpses.
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>> “I have no power. Nor understanding.
>> I am, however, glad I am not you,
>> naming people liars when they give help.” He turned his back on me and
>> said no more.
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>> Since then, I have considered carefully
>> and think the discord arises from warnings against falsehoods, when
>> everyone I knew practices the craft with sophistication.
>>
>> As well, therefore, tell farmers not to farm
>> when the spring’s come; or sailors not to sail when the hint is up and
>> the tide is high. How does one breathe the truth into deceit?
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