Mike, your poem reminds me of the poignancy of The Dutchman, written by Michael Peter Smith, covered by many. I hesitate to send the lyrics because more than half the beauty is in the music and the delivery and I wouldn't want anyone to think they knew it without hearing it. But here... http://www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/dutchman.html Lots of people have done it. I have at least eight different versions. It will tear your heart out (if you're any kind of (hu)man at all.) Ursula crying just from the memory of it and telling you all that downloading music off the internet is no crime in Canada Mike Geary wrote: >PAYING HOMAGE > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html