[lit-ideas] Re: Poem
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:41:30 +0900
Lovely thought. Good advice, too.
John
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Should there not be some addendum to, I wonder, or coda on, birth
> certificates? Lawyers could work on proper language, but the gist might be,
> "I, Dad, promise to watch."
>
> I have done my share, hooraying when they left the airplane (or was it a
> boat?) behind and gobbled solid foods. I leaped with the first good flush.
> I have held my breath through the sword dance and seen ghillies come sadly
> undone.
>
> Now my spectating days are nearly run. My eyes will not glaze over, or
> glisten. Take down tomorrow therefore, that old eye chart, and teach me how
> to listen.
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland, Oregon
>
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