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   Will Dockery to HarryLime   
   Star Child Memory / Will Dockery (restor   
   01 Jul 25 07:40:21   
   
   XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   HarryLime wrote:   
   > Will Dockery wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>> Star Child Memory   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Snapshot of a moment   
   > >>>> an outdoor poetry reading   
   > >>>> in early Spring 1996.   
   > >>>> Glimmering stars   
   > >>>> and looming moon   
   > >>>> through the gloom.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Passing through   
   > >>>> in that cavern   
   > >>>> of concrete, glass and brick   
   > >>>> off Broadway.   
   > >>>> I join the poetry reading   
   > >>>> already in progress.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> There's a hush in the air   
   > >>>> as we approach.   
   > >>>> Star Child and her friends   
   > >>>> standing with me   
   > >>>> on the sidewalk.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Glimmering stars above us   
   > >>>> Springtime   
   > >>>> constellations.   
   > >>>> Poets sit in a circle   
   > >>>> in the alley   
   > >>>> behind Bazaar Earth.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> In those early days   
   > >>>> so late in the game.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> But I couldn't remain   
   > >>>> back then   
   > >>>> I had to keep on moving.   
   > >>>> I told them they couldn't get   
   > >>>> high enough   
   > >>>> to float with me.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Star Child twinkled and tweaked   
   > >>>> skipping by me   
   > >>>> in that spangled night.   
   > >>>> Stopping at the parking meter   
   > >>>> waving goodbye.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> -Will Dockery   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> --------------------------------------------   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> (Original text restored.)   
   >   
   > You haven't deleted anything   
      
   I've corrected and restored my original text, which is close enough, Harry.   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
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