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>Asterisks jumping out from the text >are similarly distracting. Precisely. That may just be the point. Not always, of course, but the poem may (& should?) let us know... Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm But the dead are wholehearted about being dead, no half measures no shilly-shallying: they're committed, dedicated to purposelessness. Al Purdy %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%