SUBJECT>Re: Still Counting POSTER>David Halitsky EMAIL>dhalitsky@cumulativeinquiry.com DATE>1110285443 IP_ADDRESS>adsl-146-157-163.bna.bellsouth.net PASSWORD>aa2CpqTRwrBWA PREVIOUS>84408 NEXT> 84482 IMAGE> LINKNAME> LINKURL>

Si mon -

1)
There is considerable technical deftness here, all put to the service of . . .

. . . what ?

2)
I can see a pattern in certain postings here at TWB which is also manifest in certain postings at The Gaz:

make sure to end your poem with a line or two in which there is an indirect personification, and even better, an abstract notion coupled with a concrete image.

Let me ask you these questions:

a) suppose some editors said they would publish this, but only if you permitted them to capitalize the "N" in "nothing"

b) would you let them ?

c) if not:

c(i) why not ?

c(ii) why is it in the piece ?

David Halitsky