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| + | ==Ethos Anthropoi Daimon== |
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| <pre> | | <pre> |
− | '''ethos anthropoi daimon''' | + | deeming done dun a man doom |
| + | a man's manner is'm demoon |
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| + | a man's cant is his dome : |
| + | a woman's master in that |
| + | enchanted domain |
| + | where conscience is the demon , |
| + | and the code of his duel is decrypted |
| + | with a ringing in the ears |
| + | and a tire iron coming |
| + | from the corner of an eye . |
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| + | a man's manner is'm demoon |
| + | deeming done din a man doom |
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− | deeming done dun a man doom
| + | jon awbrey |
− | a man's manner is'm demoon
| + | scribed in a volume of magritte plates |
| + | for sue on her birthday 1980 with love |
| + | </pre> |
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− | a man's cant is his dome :
| + | ==Cassandroid Anxieties Revisited== |
− | a woman's master in that
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− | enchanted domain
| + | <pre> |
− | where conscience is the demon ,
| + | And the Ire came over Cassandra, |
− | and the code of his duel is decrypted
| + | And Cassandra went out the City, |
− | with a ringing in the ears
| + | And Cassandra came to that Rock, |
− | and a tire iron coming
| + | And thus spake the Rock, I hear: |
− | from the corner of an eye .
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| + | And why are you thus speaking to a Rock, It says, |
| + | And when the State of your City is Dire, It says, |
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| + | And it is Just your Monu-Mental Agility, She says, |
| + | And it is Just your Ex-Orbital Capacity, She says, |
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| + | And should you not Ride Over Our Moment, It says, |
| + | And should you not Ventilate Our Hyphen, It says, |
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| + | And should you Muse Over Our Reflection, She says, |
| + | And Imp Etat "I Travail" As "A Trivial", She says, |
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− | a man's manner is'm demoon | + | And after that they settled down a Bit, I hear, |
− | deeming done din a man doom
| + | And after that they counted more Amens, I hear, |
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| + | And the Rock will be open to criticism, She says, |
| + | And the Rock may reflect on its moment, She says, |
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| + | And still the Men of the City will vie, It says, |
| + | And still the Men of the City will die, It says, |
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| + | And they are Persians all, so they say, She says, |
| + | And they are wary of Geeks' boring GIF, She says, |
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| + | And still the Men of the City will lie, It says, |
| + | And still the Men of the City will lie, It says, |
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| + | And all of that Need need come to pass, She says, |
| + | And must pass muster to bear Invention, She says, |
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| + | And the Rock will be open to criticism, It says, |
| + | And the Rock may reflect on its moment, It says, |
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| + | And that is just Men, the Sphinx knows, She says, |
| + | And that is just Ending-Where-He-Begat, It says, |
| + | And that is all there is to say, or so, I hear. |
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| + | Jon Awbrey |
| + | 21 Nov 2000 |
| + | </pre> |
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− | jon awbrey
| + | ==Peerage== |
− | scribed in a volume of magritte plates
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− | for sue on her birthday 1980 with love
| + | <pre> |
| + | there's no presumption in peer, |
| + | much less peremptory emptiness, |
| + | to whom can crack a dictionary. |
| + | but who presumes to umpireship, |
| + | is a nonpeer captain of umpiry. |
| + | crack this code, crack a smile, |
| + | and put the e bak in crackpoet. |
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| + | thus spake 0* |
| + | 10 Dec 2005 |
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| + | ==For the Master of the Games on His Birthday== |
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| + | <pre> |
| + | Do we feign understanding of what underlies, |
| + | And so become victim to the figmentations |
| + | That the mind posts up to the lintels of sense? |
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| + | Or do we but array the Data Of The Senses |
| + | Along the lines that they themselves suggest? |
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| + | Then again, on third thought, what's the diff? |
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| + | — Jon Awbrey, 16 December 2007 |
| + | </pre> |
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