Ted Hughes has just sent a crow
to ask after me.
I send a message:
"I'm alright Ted,
but I'd be better
if every second line didn't rhyme obssessively,
and if I could stop cutting my fingers
on the sharp edges of hyphens.
I'm also thinking of starting
evening counselling sessions
for users of the ellipsis.
I've already cured a friend;
it's been over fifteen weeks
since he last used."
Crow sniggers.
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His hyphens are more like cliffs that make me stop, look and proceed. What is the ellipse but an m standing up; it exists for evenings and some afternoons... -AR
crow dots around, looks up at a mighty mrs.hughes, stumbles and falls down into an M of submission.
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