Shanghai Hero Co.,Ltd. President:Mr.Zhao Song Sheng Vice Manageress of Imp.&Exp.Dept.:Ms. XieYanMing Address: 6 Qi Lian Shan Rd. 200333 Shanghai, P.R.China Tel: 0086-21-62506261 Fax: 0086-21-62506181 You can still get them --they look even better --been reorganized and now renamed Shanghai Hero., Ltd. They are doing very well. -----Original Message----- 差出人 : Tom Pickard <[log in to unmask]> 宛先 : [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> 日時 : 2000年3月20日 21:48 件名 : fountain pen >I was once took with a Chinese pirated version of the Parker pen that they >renamed Hero Pen when living in Warsaw in the 70's and wrote this poem[ in >its praise. Published in Tiepin Eros which unfortunately Bloodaxe has >deleted from their list amongst others to make way for the OUP ditched list. >Tom P > > >mY peN > >holds steady in my right hand >black, with a silver top >and tight gold nib > > >my hero pen >made in the People's Republic of China >and purchased in Warszawa >by my wild, cloud-haired, Polish wife >with apple green eyes >and twenty faces > > >my hero pen >joins vertical strokes >to curved and looping horizontals >sucks noisy and quick >when dipped in black India ink > > >my hero pen >speaks slim volumes >running its incised beak >along prescribed lines > > >my hero pen >feels good between >finger and thumb > > >my hero pen >purchased in Dom Ksiazki, >on Nowi Swiat >where walls of books >are dripping ink >and threaten to flood whole streets > > > >my ebony black, silver topped >Golden Star, Seven O Five >Chinese hero pen >looks good >with a blue and chrome >Three Seven One > YEUN CHANG- >made in Changhai, >comma, >China- >best quality, >swivel type stapler >with four different uses > > >my pen writes adverts >for its comrades > >my pen shouldn't get >too smart > > >My pen's ink >is the distilled dream >of fifty thousand million workers >weary with clocking-in >and clocking-out, >signing-on >and signing off: >enslaved to machinery >of industry >and state. > > >my pen refuses to recognize >obsolete forms of government >and votes with its feet > >my pen wants to manage >its own affairs >thinking it knows best: > >my pen demands >complete autonomy > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%