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Harbal wrote:
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: I like a spade being a spade
Do you have Yorkshire ancestry, VT. :wink:
'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose' from Gertrude Stein's 'Sacred Emily'.

A white rose is not a red rose but together they pink.
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marjoram_blues wrote: A white rose is not a red rose but together they pink.
This makes me inclined to search for statistics for the incidence of gayness in the Yorkshire/Lancashire border areas.
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Harbal wrote:
marjoram_blues wrote: A white rose is not a red rose but together they pink.
This makes me inclined to search for statistics for the incidence of gayness in the Yorkshire/Lancashire border areas.
Whatever makes you happy and carefree... :)
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marjoram_blues wrote: Whatever makes you happy and carefree... :)
My interest is only academic, it's a bit late in the day for me to start throwing my arms up in the air and exclaiming "oh my god" as if everything was a cause of amazement.
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Harbal wrote:
marjoram_blues wrote: Whatever makes you happy and carefree... :)
My interest is only academic, it's a bit late in the day for me to start throwing my arms up in the air and exclaiming "oh my god" as if everything was a cause of amazement.
No more lies, Harbal, you are a closet poet. I know it. I've read you. So there.
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marjoram_blues wrote: No more lies, Harbal, you are a closet poet. I know it. I've read you. So there.
Yet another expectation I can't live up to, this is the story of my life. It seems that it's my destiny to disappoint. :cry:
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Harbal wrote:
marjoram_blues wrote: No more lies, Harbal, you are a closet poet. I know it. I've read you. So there.
Yet another expectation I can't live up to, this is the story of my life. It seems that it's my destiny to disappoint. :cry:
See what I mean - how romantic is that...
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Back to the book. The Emergency Poet - ed D. Alma.

In the section: Talking to Grief

Native American Prayer ( Anonymous )

When I am dead
Cry for me a little
Think of me sometimes
But not too much

Think of me now and again
As I was in life
At some moments it's pleasant to recall
But not for long

Leave me in peace
And I shall leave you in peace
And while you live
Let your thoughts be with the living

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Now I have to wonder - if it is written by anonymous, and in English - is it really a Native American prayer.
And if it was once spoken, did the native words mean the same as this tidy translation.
'At some moments it's pleasant to recall'.

As much as I appreciate the sentiments, I want to hear the original.
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