[lit-ideas] Re: Wednesday Poem (To Stir Paul)
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:04:54 -0400
Applying the strategy of the War on Terror, beetles attack hydrangeas.
Answer: blow up the neighboring town.
> [Original Message]
> From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 4/13/2006 8:15:34 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Wednesday Poem (To Stir Paul)
>
> Again the beetles are after my variegated hydrangeas.
> The bastards climb stalks after dark,
> chomp their way from leaf to leaf,
> give no quarter.
> Guerilla-like, they attack when the plant is tender.
>
> Of course we've tried peace talks.
> So far we can't even agree
> what shape the table should be.
> There's a size issue, of course,
> with the beetles,
> and me.
>
> Given our failure to communicate,
> most nights I offer a concrete alternative,
> and get four or five takers.
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland, Oregon
>
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