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Nosegay for me!! Luvly P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Marcacci Sent: 12 September 2007 19:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: snap to it what're you waiting for ready set snap! you bet it hap- pens opens & closes so roses're roses re: red 'tis said we've a snap to weave believe you me 'twas akin today again your nosegay -- Bob Marcacci Now a Silenus, in ancient days, was a little box, of the kind we see to-day in apothecaries' shops, painted on the outside with such gay, comical figures as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, stags in harness, and other devices of that sort, light-heartedly invented for the purpose of mirth, as was Silenus himself, the master of good old Bacchus. But inside these boxes were kept rare drugs, such as balm, ambergris, cardamum, musk, civet, mineral essences, and other precious things. - Francois Rabelais, "Gargantua And Pantagruel" -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 11/09/2007 17:46