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Thanks Dave!  Who do you like?

Thanks Dave!

Think she saw it from Heaven?

Ironically, it's her husband's birthday today.  I email him every yr....
In class, he (I had him as a prof too) discussed poetic masturbation-- poems that serve no purpose, except for the poet.  I wonder if this falls under that?

Clever!

Perhaps less gods.

I'd flip the last 2 stanzas.

These are scattered throughout my Searching for Kadesh collection.  I've compiled them all here; what works/doesn't?

Thanks!

I. Beautiful They say he wasn’t always like this. Once wealthy, he spent carelessly on women and “friends.”  They say he was handsome with the finest flowing light hair.  But that slowly stopped when his ailment started.  He dwindled his family inheritance on black magicians and healers, looking for...

I disagree with Dave; I haven't seen this much.

Found it funny.

What if N imagines telling kid the truth, but can't?

Very clever!

Love the sandwiching of the sandwiches

Love "liquid sky"

Had to look up musical words.