I'm thinking Timbuctu, Bill, but otherwise, sure...
Thanks
Doug
On 2013-01-31, at 1:32 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The middle East fracas, Doug? Iraq? Mesopotamia? To follow 'die' with 'disappear' seems redundant on first reading in such a compact piece but perhaps it can be argued that disappearance is a stage beyond dying. The dangling line-thrown 's' I'm presuming is intended to connote the disparity or hypocrisy between religion and militarism. Sing out if I'm wide of the mark.
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> Bill
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> On 01/02/2013, at 3:24 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> the ghosts of ancient scrolls
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>> s hot faith
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>> Douglas Barbour
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>> And still property is theft.
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Douglas Barbour
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Latest books:
Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
Recording Dates
(Rubicon Press)
Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
And still property is theft.
Phyllis Webb
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