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thanks Doug will consider On 17/06/2020 17:11, Douglas Barbour wrote: > Oh my, indeed. A rather terrible situation, as they say, > > I’s drop the ‘was’ from 'as was demanded’ & 'to him’, to make it even sharper… > > Doug > >> On Jun 17, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Oh my. >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 11:47 PM Patrick McManus < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> *KISS* >>> >>> when she >>> >>> young thing >>> >>> sadly came >>> >>> back >>> >>> to her >>> >>> ever mean >>> >>> demanding >>> >>> miserable miserly >>> >>> elderly husband >>> >>> she gave him >>> >>> as was demanded >>> >>> a lingering kiss >>> >>> then failed >>> >>> to mention >>> >>> to him >>> >>> the bad news >>> >>> that she had >>> >>> caught Covid >>> >>> nineteen >>> >>> and >>> >>> then >>> >>> inwardly >>> >>> secretly >>> >>> smiled >>> >>> to >>> >>> herself >>> >>> /pmcmanus/ >>> >>> /s650/ > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > > When thugs were in power, educated people were the first > to feel their fists. It was so pathetic, really, how so much violence > came from someone feeling small. Small of mind, and it did not > matter how big the sword in hand, that essential smallness remained, gnawing with very sharp teeth. > > the scholar Janath Anar > in Steven Eerikson’s Reaper’s Gale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/POETRYETC, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/POETRYETC, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/