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Doug,

This sounds pretty miserable. Not so much the waiters but the empties
passing by. Makes Patrick’s poem sound optimistic. Not even any colour of
wheelbarrow to hope for?

Bill

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 4:32 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
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> so much depends upon
>      who deals with
>           those sitting here
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> the empty chairs
>      fill     empty
>           people pass by
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> they all have purpose
>      to serve     to save
>           each person sitting here
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> waiting
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> Douglas Barbour
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> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> Listen. If (UofAPress):
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>  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?
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