ah my man, my man. Yes. Thank you L On 25/09/2013, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Uneasy sort of contract implied here, Lawrence. Even the laughter seems > tainted. The leisurely 'and's' in the final line such a contrast with the > stark imperatives and loaded questions preceding it. > > Bill > > On 26/09/2013, at 3:03 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Fine tuning there, Lawrence, in that shift from the particular domestic to >> something almost mythic... >> >> Doug >> On 2013-09-25, at 2:50 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> I can fix it. >>> The bags must be packed. >>> We'll work well together. >>> All want to live. >>> >>> Would you like that? >>> We have paid a price: >>> hard discipline and laughter. >>> What do you think? >>> >>> Accept the invitation. >>> It may be necessary >>> burning in the dark wood. >>> >>> Lewd echoes of passion. >>> The days are shortening. >>> Love and pain and dying. >> >> Douglas Barbour >> [log in to unmask] >> >> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ >> http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ >> >> Latest books: >> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy) >> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962 >> Recording Dates >> (Rubicon Press) >> >> Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention. >> >> Guy Davenport >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >