You are wonderful, Mill, Many thanks! Sheila
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:56 PM Millicent Borges Accardi <
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> Sheila
> I love your poem too-- it reminds me of.. .."may i feel said he" by e e
> cummings, giving voice to both characters in an immediate way-- like we are
> there --
> Especially loved this passage-- oh my
> "Line dancing, she replied.
>
> Good for what (ails you, ails me), said he.
>
> How about you solve my mystery, asked she?"
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> mill
>
> From: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, Jun 29, 2020 9:03 pm
> Subject: Snap
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> *Theme and Variations*
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> Landscape or portrait, she?
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> No matter, said he.
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> One image, said she.
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> I’m age, said he.
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> What, she asked?
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> Robert Parker on the brain, asked he?
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> Line dancing, she replied.
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> Good for what (ails you, ails me), said he.
>
> How about you solve my mystery, asked she?
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> Welcome to my misery, chimed he,
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> I do not hear you, she opined.
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> The wind, we know, stays beautiful, said he.
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> One angle or two, she asked?
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> Are you an angel, asked he?
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> Merely a nemesis, said she.
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> Sheila E. Murphy
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