I hear this as coming through a radio, almost, Lawrence. Or from a lectern...
Love 'executive flummery'...; & that it's always there & always waiting to be caught up to, as here...
Doug
On Nov 6, 2013, at 5:03 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> bonhomie inquires of certainty,
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> and particularity,
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> with calculating pride;
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> courtesy is officialdom
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> yielded by statuary
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> as often as knots tighten;
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> and such officialdom
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> circulates the evidence
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> of instability
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> and yet leads around it
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> as if it were not there,
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> showing civility,
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> discretion and due forethought
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> holding back fools with words'
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> executive flummery
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Douglas Barbour
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