People will enjoy hearing this, especially the elder set, Pat. As it piles them up….
Doug
On Jul 22, 2015, at 3:44 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Good on you, Octo-Pat. Or maybe you should patent that mirror!
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
> On 22/07/2015, at 6:35 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>
>> LOOK
>>
>> that cold
>> bleak morning
>> facing soon
>> becoming an
>> octogenarian
>> he took
>> a long hard
>> critical look
>> at himself
>> in the cruel
>> unforgiving
>> fly specked
>> cracked mirror
>> with it's harsh
>> bright neon
>> overhead light
>> and was forced
>> reluctantly
>> to admit
>> how really
>> absolutely
>> terrific he
>> looked
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> r814
>> I rather enjoyed using the clichés here -do they work?
>> then giving unexpected finish :-)
>>
>>
Douglas Barbour
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