No, I don't think you were there
L
On 6 November 2013 15:52, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> L I am not sure what is happening here but that is probably just me
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 06 November 2013 12:04
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: domestics
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> bonhomie inquires of certainty,
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> and particularity,
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> with calculating pride;
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> courtesy is officialdom
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> yielded by statuary
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> as often as knots tighten;
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> and such officialdom
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> circulates the evidence
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> of instability
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> and yet leads around it
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> as if it were not there,
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> showing civility,
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> discretion and due forethought
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> holding back fools with words'
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> executive flummery
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