dooner
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:12 AM
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At Last the Secret Is Out |
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Had to share this awesome poem from my daily "poetry speaks" desk calendar.
=========================== At Last the Secret is Out
At last the secret is out, as it always must come in the end, The delicious story is ripe to tell to the intimate friend; Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.
Behind the corpse in the reservoir, behind the ghost on the links, Behind the lady who dances and the man who madly drinks, Under the fatigue, the attack of migraine and the sigh There is always another story, there is more than meets the eye.
For the clear voice suddenly singing, high up in the convent hall, The scent of the elder bushes, the sporting prints in the hall, The croquet matches in summer, the handshake, the cough, the kiss, There is always a wicked secret, a private reason for this.
-W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:14 AM
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:18 AM
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is (one) of my favorite poets
Thanks for this gift
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:21 AM
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3. Really neat...thanks! n/t |
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:22 AM
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4. Thanks...I'd just add: |
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Edited on Fri Jul-15-05 11:23 AM by Zorbuddha
Beware! the floor is slick and greasy And dangerous Get down on all fours to proceed -- Doc
(Hunter S. Thompson)
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:35 AM
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5. Ha.... shouldn't be a problem |
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not sure if "they" ever evolved enough to walk upright!
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:44 AM
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7. The warning, and suggestion, |
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Fri Jul-15-05 01:33 PM
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:38 AM
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6. I have a coffee cup with this pictorialized on it. |
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Who's that artist for PBS, who did the art on the Mystery! program? He has this depicted on the cup. When it gets hot, more characters emerge. It's clever.
And appropos for today, no?
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Fri Jul-15-05 11:58 AM
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Very appropriately named, no?
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