Perhaps my unsure response is exactly what you wanted this to ensure, Bill. I think the final couplet works well,but al not sure of the first… Doug On Jun 30, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Into a brown study > Herbert collapsed > > Jennifer had lied > again > > He hated > catching her out > > But could no more > stop his checking > > than cleanse him > self without soap > > bw Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). Done in by creation itself. I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? Robert Kroetsch.