Swift, then, I guess.
But thanks Max for trying the mask on...
And Lawrence, yes to 'just turn the sound down on that'....
Doug
On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:23 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Indeed.
>
> I mean no criticism of your own skills in this. We just need someone VERY
> skilled and VERY nasty
>
> L
>
> On 14 March 2016 at 17:13, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, L.
>>
>> Dryden, Pope, or Swift seem needed in this case.
>>
>> M
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 10:10, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> not at all bad
>>> though he deserves great venom
>>>
>>> not that I fancy the alternatives much
>>>
>>> well done, our kid
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>> On 14 March 2016 at 17:00, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 9:55, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>> I wonder if Donald Trump writes poetry
>>>>>
>>>>> L
>>>>>
>>>> I’ve just written one for him -
>>>>
>>>> as part of my sequence ‘My Chinese Phase’…
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>> in Seattle
>>>>
>>>> 11. A Merchant’s Dream of Power
>>>>
>>>> An upstart merchant fancied himself
>>>> chief minister, nay emperor!
>>>> intrigued, and strutted about loudmouthed.
>>>>
>>>> When I’m in charge, he said, our border
>>>> will have a Great Wall built, to keep
>>>> out barbarian invaders.
>>>>
>>>> Those already here disguised
>>>> as citizens my men will bustle away.
>>>> Away with their wives and children!
>>>>
>>>> They take our jobs and wreck our schools
>>>> and never seem to learn Chinese.
>>>> My China has no room for mosques.
>>>>
>>>> My soldiers will be trained how best
>>>> to torture suspect enemies and
>>>> prisoners; my bombers will unload
>>>>
>>>> our state-of-the-art bombs on our
>>>> enemies’ hideaways - we know where
>>>> they are, disguised as hospitals.
>>>>
>>>> Foreign devils will now trade with us,
>>>> on our terms. Losers - the idle poor
>>>> sick of China - are multiplying:
>>>>
>>>> sweep away benefits and supporters.
>>>> China’s greatness comes from its merchants;
>>>> I will give them scope to make us great.
>>>>
>>
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