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   From: Aunty_Kreist@satanickittens.net   
      
   "Rob Evans"  wrote in message   
   news:KrvSpqPj70JCFwYM@mla001.demon.co.uk...   
   > In message <38mprtF5nq9hjU1@individual.net>, Aunty Kreist   
   >  writes   
   > >   
   > >"Rob Evans"  wrote in message   
   > >news:hyfIveHgdfJCFwtG@mla001.demon.co.uk...   
   > >> In message , Robin Sommo   
   > >>  writes   
   > >> >   
   > >> ><...>   
   > >> >Shez >  writes   
   > >> ><...>   
   > >> >> >Dyslexics tend to be orally brilliant if they are confident people,   
   > >> >> >though they do have a tendency to stutter or come out with the most   
   > >> >> >amazing spoonerisms when tired...   
   > >> ><...>   
   > >> >   
   > >> >Rob!  Post the poem!  You know, the one from the poster!  Please?   
   It's   
   > >just   
   > >> >so right!   
   > >> >   
   > >> Anything for you, ma'am.   
   > >>   
   > >> The Early Chicken Butters No Moss   
   > >>   
   > >> Maud has a wayward way with a word,   
   > >> absurd and awkward aphorisms   
   > >> are born bewildered when she speaks.   
   > >>   
   > >> She and the English language reach   
   > >> for each other warily and finally,   
   > >> when they touch, strange sparks fly free.   
   > >>   
   > >> For her, an itch in time saves none,   
   > >> an ill wind blows a dog a bad bone   
   > >> and a wise stone knows to roll its own.   
   > >>   
   > >> She'd never cross a bridge before it's burned,   
   > >> she'd never leave a worm unturned   
   > >> in her search for the unvanished truth.   
   > >>   
   > >> Her sole contribution to economic theory   
   > >> is to say that the reckless spending of money   
   > >> should be avoided . at any cost.   
   > >>   
   > >> If this woman were ever drowning,   
   > >> downing for the third time, I swear   
   > >> her whole loaf would flush before her thighs.   
   > >>   
   > >> Listen to her and, after a while,   
   > >> the surreal becomes so real it starts   
   > >> to make a terrible kind of sense.   
   > >>   
   > >> Maud, of course would disagree. She says:   
   > >> storks and stains can break your brains   
   > >> but words can never charm you.   
   > >>   
   > >> Rob   
   > >>   
   > >> --   
   > >> Rob Evans   
   > >> Poetry is the needle that pricks your finger.   
   > >> Everything else is the haystack.   
   > >   
   > >That was very cute!   
   > >   
   > So is Maud.  Thank you.   
   >   
   > Rob   
      
   Heh. Every time I read your moniker, the jingle for the "Bob Evans"   
   restaurants runs through my head.   
      
   Thank heavens for Bob Evans....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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