XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments   
   From: penelope@evolvingbeauty.com   
      
   On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:54:55 GMT, Karla  wrote:   
      
      
   .  What will   
   >today's Dockery be?   
   >   
   >Karla   
   >   
      
      
   I'm voting for "number than a pounded thumb".   
      
   Joy   
      
      
   >--------------------------------------   
   >Cause and Effect   
   >   
   >Once a stick who was tired   
   >of being beaten against everything   
   >lay down on the fagot pile.   
   >"Let me ascend to heaven," it snarled.   
   >Presently wood smoke rose   
   >from the poet's chimney.   
   >   
   >Ruth Stone   
   >from "In the Dark"   
   >Used by permission of the publishers.   
      
   Joy Yourcenar   
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