clearly you still do know how to use a fountain pen, Liz: whew! Especially that last line.... Doug On 30-Apr-08, at 11:47 AM, Liz Kirby wrote: > no suction the twisting rattle of a paralysed throat > steady sighing breath regular bellows on battery power > one hand moving and rage at its deliberation > slow sense forms pale blue at the pen point > > Oldham > Wed 30th April 2008 > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html There are no wrong notes! Thelonious Sphere Monk