I really like this, Ken. bridget Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: GETTING OFF THE LOVE POEM CIRCUIT Imagine I am Orpheus, illusion of life beyond illusions, still smitten, trying to lead you upward from what looks a bit like the Hormel slaughterhouse in Algona, Iowa. Don't slip in the blood, my insurance won't cover it: and I turn and look, see your face drop, that shitty "You don't love me!" look, and sadly you are right, I don't, no more. Farewell obligation, farewell notes made to dampen your thighs, words cried in a passion dead so long ago that Casanova might have stolen them from me, gone, worn down like ground teeth. KTW/12-28-05 -- Kenneth Wolman Proposal Development Department Room SW334 Sarnoff Corporation 609-734-2538 I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. -Douglas Adams --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping