[New-Poetry] Say No More

[Judy Prince]

Hal,
I like everything from 'unrepentant vicars' to the end----and the last
sentence sneaks, chops, and hits profoundly.  Nice.  When you [or anybody]
can make me laugh and frown and think in one poem, that's quite unique.

Best,

Judy

2009/4/4 Halvard Johnson <halvard at gmail.com>

> Say No More
>
> His instinct was to blurt it all out, to take the chance
> of saying too much. Never much good at getting
> stoned, he took to pacing the deck, to hanging over
> the rail and watching the water give way to the ship.
>
> Belowdecks, all was sundry. All was as it was the day
> before, and the day before that. Unrepentant vicars
> danced the nights away. After seven or so days at sea,
>  he finally began to work on his new tetralogy, the one
>
> he had dreamt of all along, despite the wishes of his
> grandparents, his parents, and the good, honest people
> of Entgegenwärtigung Town, who all, of course, had
> wished him well. The work went quite well for several
>
> days, until it went less well, and then finally stopped,
> repeating the last few lines over and over and over.
>
>
>
> Hal
>
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