Thanks. Bill, "persuade" in the imperative appeared within a subtitle and though I anticipated a query, I liked its brotherly echo of line 2. Doug, "romp" certainly describes a significant percentage of what I witnessed and I'm pleased you enjoyed what I caught. Barry
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:44:44 +1100, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I like this, Barry. Just wonder whether you mean ‘persuaded’ or is it meant
>to be an imperative ‘persuade’?
>
>Bill
>
>On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 6:05 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Great catch, Barry. A bit of a romp, articulated in this found shorthand…
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> > On Nov 13, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Barry Alpert <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > OIL LAMPS
>> >
>> > via Juraj Herz
>> >
>> >
>> > Off in Prague on a spree . . .
>> > I demand a clear reply,
>> > Lady about town.
>> >
>> > Layabout comes home & has the gall . . .
>> > A young fool and I fancied you.
>> > Man who's no longer a fool
>> > persuade Stepa to marry me.
>> > Said he looks like Our Father.
>> >
>> >
>> > Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD (AFI) >> Rockville MD / 11-11-19
>> (9:30pm) >> 11-13-19 (9:47pm)
>> >
>> > Surprised by a traveling retrospective of films (screened merely 6 miles
>> from where I live) by a director contextualized within the Czech New Wave,
>> I've now witnessed 3 of the 8 programs and just finished this cine-poem.
>> Here's the link to a trailer for OIL LAMPS:
>> >
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZ-c2wPGwQ
>> >
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>> >
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>
>> 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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