while enjoying the sequence in maximal ways

I found myself deleting the word difference and trying out distance -

I felt the slightly more metaphorical feel of ‘distance'

helped me along and staved off the hovering boredom a bit longer.

Boredom is scarcely the word - the threat of exhaustion as each line made big demands...

Either way I had a strong sense of a nimble mental weightlifter juggling worlds…

Max

On Jan 12, 2016, at 9:00, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The difference between difference and differance is minimal
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Barbour
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 4:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Litany
> 
> Ha: depends on how you measure it, Hal….
> 
> Doug
>> On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> *Litany (n. a tedious recital or repetitive series)*
>> 
>> 
>> The difference between Spielberg and Lucas is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between sunshine and shadow is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between Ahab and Moby-Dick is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between Sunday and Monday is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between health and illness is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between one side and the other is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between living and dying is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between New Jersey and New York is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between toro and torero is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between maximum and minimum is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between inside and outside is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between waking and sleeping is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between minuend and subtrahend is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between Pluto and Mercury is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between all and nothing is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between Dickinson and Whitman is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between cube and sphere is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between red wine and white is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between Spanish and English is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between war and peace is minimal.
>> 
>> The difference between minimal and maximal is minimal.
>> 
>> 
>> As always, serving the tristate area.
>> 
>> Halvard Johnson
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