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Guest Poet K. Ingalls



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The year's at the same thing
Conflicts over borders;
Mortar shells kill seven;
Warships clash off-shore;
Missiles launch from wing;
Washington supporters;
Generals are in heaven 
All's wrong with war!


July, 1999


K. Ingalls' Questions:

1) Did "Washington supporters"  throw you?  Or did you know that I meant Washington politicians?

2) Did "Generals are in heaven"  say to you that life is grand for the Generals?

3) Did you know that the verse is a parody of Robert Browning's "The Year's at the Spring"?

4) Is this a form-rendering parody or sense-rendering parody?

3) How clear is my message of what the year also brings?






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