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i read this to the tune of "chestnuts roasting on an open fire...jack frost...." my voice cracked here: "Medical malpractice suits us just fine, thank you very much." happy new year, Hal-- bobbi On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *Sonnet for the New Year* > > > > Pleistocene campfires flickering in the distance, deeply > > rooted slogans chat it up with money barons. Medical > > malpractice suits us just fine, thank you very much. > > For instance, well-delivered apologies salve all wounds. > > > > Partial reconciliations break step when crossing a bridge, > > miraculous transformations no longer expected or offered. > > Higher disease rates unrelated to education or health costs > > speak volumes to our well-tuned ears. Biology urges us > > > > to seek out music in the company of other people. Yahweh > > and other loud cellphone talkers gather to break bread to- > > gether, airwaves atremble with salutations, with greetings. > > On everyone’s lips, prospects for reelection, for theatrical > > > > productions that do not close in a month or less. And soon, > all spats aside, someone texts us a toast, and all follow suit. > > > > > Serving the tri-state area. > > Hal > > Halvard Johnson > ================ > > [log in to unmask] > > Truck: https://plus.google.com/106252913724243142175 > http://sites.google.com/site/halvardjohnson/Home > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com > http://www.hamiltonstone.org > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/ > <http://www.hamiltonstone.org/> > Remains To Be Seen <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>*, > Remains > To Be Seen (Vol. II) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>,** > Remains > To Be Seen (Vol. III) <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, > *Sonnets > from the Basque & Other Poems < > https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/> > *, *Mainly Black <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>, *Obras > Públicas <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **The Perfection > of Mozart's Third Eye and Other > Sonnets< > http://www.scribd.com/doc/27039868/Halvard-Johnson-THE-PERFECTION-OF-MOZART-S-THIRD-EYE-Other-Sonnets > > > ; **Organ Harvest with Entrance of > Clones< > http://www.amazon.com/Harvest-Entrance-Clones-Halvard-Johnson/dp/0965404390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283182804&sr=8-1 > > > ; **Tango Bouquet <https://sites.google.com/site/vidalocabooks/>; **Theory > of Harmony< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall04/theory1.pdf > > > ; **Rapsodie espagnole< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/rapsodi.pdf > > > ; **Guide to the Tokyo > Subway< > http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Tokyo-Subway-Other-Poems/dp/0971487316/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283183153&sr=1-3 > > > ; **The Sonnet Project< > https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/hsonnet.pdf > > > ; **G(e)nome <http://xpressed.wippiespace.com/fall03/genome.pdf>; **Winter > Journey <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.winter.html>; > **Eclipse<http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.eclipse.html> > ; **The Dance of the Red Swan <http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.dance.html > > > ; **Transparencies & Projections< > http://capa.conncoll.edu/johnson.transp.html> > * >