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   From: will_dockery@knology.net   
      
   "r j thurman"  wrote:   
   > On 2006-10-21 St00 Leichtstein said:   
   >    > r j thurman wrote:   
   >    > > Will Dockery said:   
   >   
   >    > > > Anyway, what I was thinking of was adapting the "rj thurman"   
   >    > > > poem "Autumn Poet":   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > AUTUMN POET   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Old air conditioner wheezes   
   >    > > > waning breaths   
   >    > > > from the sticky September window.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Pawnshop typewriter idly waits   
   >    > > > for the clack   
   >    > > > of inspired southern fingers.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Daughter's e-mail languishes   
   >    > > > on the hard drive,   
   >    > > > pleas for communication unanswered.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Diminishing pocketchange counted,   
   >    > > > he ambles over a floor   
   >    > > > non-plussed with magazines and food wrappers.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Dusty mirror by the door reflects   
   >    > > > added gray and new lines   
   >    > > > as he steps out into the wilted town.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > Tonight, with luck, will bring   
   >    > > > a little applause   
   >    > > > and many free drinks.   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > -rj thurman   
   >    > > >   
   >    > > > into a lyric-poem and musical form and taking it from there..   
   >    > > > it would work well in a montage video, also.   
   >    > >   
   >    > > If you feel you can adapt this piece to suit your needs,   
   >    > > you hereby have my permission to do so. :)   
   >    >   
   >    > blankverse   
   >   
   > "It's a blue sacked midget rhino, Stuart, and you're riding it like   
   > an unconscious co-ed...   
   >   
   > "What you know about integrity could be stuffed up your pretentious   
   > ass and you'd still have room to ram a telephone pole up there as a   
   > substitute for the spine you sold for some vague promise from your   
   > fairy godmother that she'd let you grow real testicles instead of   
   > the fragile christmas bulbs nature gave you...   
   >   
   > "What a gimp..."   
   >   
   >                - Dale M. Houstman   
   >                  14 Sep 2005   
   >                  (in message ID 4327C4BB.9000805@skypoint.com)   
   >   
   > ---   
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   Jeezizfucken!   
      
   Miss old Houstman around here, sometimes!   
      
   Almost makes me want to go read   
   http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.beatles?lnk=lr&hl=en ...   
      
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