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Date Posted: 20:35:05 01/13/00 Thu
Author: lindsay
Author Host/IP: ts007d47.dal-tx.concentric.net / 206.173.141.107
Subject: Re: The Sky In Texas
In reply to: Mars 's message, "The Sky In Texas" on 19:58:36 01/11/00 Tue

This is a lovely poem. Has the effect of making one (me) want to spend some time looking up.

> The Sky In Texas
>
> North, the star, Polaris, does not
> Discriminate against the cardinal,
> Points the way in sultry clarity
>
> South, in Latin slumber
> Sun’s acute and warmth
> Percolates rumbas bubbling

a question...'Sun's acute?'
>
> East, leads farther flung
> Then, morning sky
> Greets our own, awake

what imagery!
>
> West, the night has but to come
> Diesel glow-plug humid
> In the throes of twilight

ahhh, ship channel memories. This one's a gas.
>
L

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