Start the year as you intend to continue, Hal - that's a crackerjack poem.
It says a lot with such attitude!
Andrew
On 1 January 2013 04:39, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> *Sonnet for the New Year*
> Pleistocene campfires flickering in the distance, deeply
> rooted slogans chat it up with money barons. Medical
> malpractice suits us just fine, thank you very much.
> For instance, well-delivered apologies salve all wounds.
>
> Partial reconciliations break step when crossing a bridge,
> miraculous transformations no longer expected or offered.
> Higher disease rates unrelated to education or health costs
> speak volumes to our well-tuned ears. Biology urges us
>
> to seek out music in the company of other people. Yahweh
> and other loud cellphone talkers gather to break bread to-
> gether, airwaves atremble with salutations, with greetings.
> On everyone’s lips, prospects for reelection, for theatrical
>
> productions that do not close in a month or less. And soon,
> all spats aside, someone texts us a toast, and all follow suit.
>
>
> "Conservatives are not necessarily stupid,
> but most stupid people are conservatives."
> --John Stuart Mill
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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Andrew
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