[Peace-discuss] sheesh / peace-discuss is addictive

[C. G. Estabrook]

  It's the "tedious argument / Of insidious intent," "overwhelming question," 
and the necessity to "make our visit" (sp. keep up our demos) that keep us in 
AWARE and on peace-discuss...

On 10/17/10 11:16 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> This seems a bit torrid in my reading.
> But I rather liked the use of etherised, and chuckled at the image for
> which it was used.
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> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:40 PM, C. G. Estabrook<galliher at illinois.edu>  wrote:
>> LET us go then, you and I,
>> When the evening is spread out against the sky
>> Like a patient etherised upon a table;
>> Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
>> The muttering retreats
>> Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
>> And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
>> Streets that follow like a tedious argument
>> Of insidious intent
>> To lead you to an overwhelming question …
>> Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
>> Let us go and make our visit...
>>
>> On 10/17/10 10:34 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
>>> I was too frequently distracted by conversations on peace-discuss, so
>>> I decided to go cold turkey and unsubscribe. People replied to all
>>> -->  I was still overhearing the conversations. I could not resist
>>> reading. And responding. [Sigh] I re-subscribed. [sheesh]
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