Well, I think I know where you stand on this, Lawrence <g>.
As a continuing statement, right through, it works...
Doug
On 2011-08-17, at 4:47 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> A dull and well-bored clerk
> reading complaint emails;
> chewing gum; and listening
> on cheap distorting phones
> to mass-produced pop dross,
> typing empty verbiage
> as meaningless replies,
> each irresponsible,
> never questioning its role;
> and with a hangman’s calm
>
>
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> UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
> 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
> Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
> wfuk.org.uk/blog
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> Lawrence Upton
> Dept of Music
> Goldsmiths, University of London
>
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