 |
 |
Not having heard of MDRussell I have just googled her...interesting...but not Swallow. Sparrow, however. Goodness, Mainland cheese. I buy it constantly in Melbourne because it's a NZ export and my little native country needs help. I hope you send goodies up to your kind American mates, Andrew. (And thanks for the response to my chainsaw lines.) Max in Melbourne Quoting andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>: > _Rapunzel, Rapunzel, > Let down your plastic bucket …_ > > Next door, > Three floors up > And kind-hearted, > My American mates > Have devised a pulley system: > They feed a tough string line > Out their balcony window > And lower a bucket. > Last night it was > 'Swallow' by Mary Doria Russell; > The night before > Two candles and lighters, > A torch because > The power had gone out; > The night before the night before > A block of Mainland cheese, > Gold in these parts. > No need for electrickery: > Just drop down > And haul up. > > Necessity gives birth again. > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.bam.com.au/andrew > ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au