H Andrew I think maybe it is the word _cheery_ which did it for me. And perhaps I was also speaking of poetry rather than life in total; and in particular this mode of poetry. It is verging on the milennial before I have started. Perhaps. Consider me an unbreliable narrator. Maybe. > I find this sad. Yet my cheeriness can be a mask to hide despair. Aha. But no > cheeriness would worry me - which would make me more glum, I acknowledge. > > Oh, perhaps all I can say is, Cheer up! Oh I'm fine. There was a degree of posturing to make a point. But thank you for your concern, Andrew! Eeyore