Well, hey, thanks Bill (& Barry): I’ll keep it, then, one of those ‘mistakes’ that does something…
Doug
> On Dec 23, 2017, at 4:39 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Your Christmas connundrum, Doug? The machinery of capitalism perhaps? Like
> Barry, I liked the arre coinage.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 at 3:42 am, Barry Alpert <
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>> Doug, It does assist in blocking formation of the phrase "we are we" which
>> the 5 spaces between already indicates, but perhaps not for all readers.
>> Within the last year I've come to expect rolling round robots "walking" in
>> front of their owners on the sidewalks of 16th Street in downtown Wash DC.
>> Barry
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:32:01 -0700, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Barry, but not a coinage, just a typo, alas (cant seem to help
>> myself there).
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>> On Dec 20, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Barry Alpert <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Doug, I find myself intrigued by the syntax of your open and closed
>> parentheses as well as your coinage "arre". Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:48:14 -0700, Douglas Barbour <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> as if we were on
>>>>> some interstellar ship
>>>>> (we arre we
>>>>> have been all our lives
>>>>>
>>>>> surrounded by alien
>>>>> machinery it
>>>>> hovers swoops
>>>>> & does (we hope) much good
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>>>>
>>>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Swept snow, Li Po,
>>>>> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
>>>>> to the road that hies to office
>>>>> away from home.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorine Niedecker
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
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>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Swept snow, Li Po,
>>> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
>>> to the road that hies to office
>>> away from home.
>>>
>>> Lorine Niedecker
>>
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
Swept snow, Li Po,
by dawn’s 40-watt moon
to the road that hies to office
away from home.
Lorine Niedecker
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