>>> Item number 7534 from WRITERS LOG9301C --- (40 records) ------ <<< Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 11:41:36 JST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Mike Barker Subject: SUB: Not Dead Yet (Poem) hope you're having fun, 'cause I am. Not quite sure about the rhythm, and I know it's been done about a zillion times before... comments? oh - a slogan for you email addicts:-) "Work expands until it threatens time dedicated to email" mike --------------------------------- Not Dead Yet m. barker uncopyright 1993 92 words flailing at cocoons of well-dried habit middle-aged caterpillars afraid to cry succumb, shrivel, and prematurely dry husks rattle empty shells on well-trod paths pulsing feebly with hidden feelings middle-aged caterpillar trying to flee fragile wings colored with humanity tears against inhuman webbing nowhere to go but up, she said middle-aged caterpillar has to grow warm brown ground far below cold blue sky empty ahead out of the sky, a butterfly lurching clumsy he tries to sing new-born heart catches a wing into the sky, a butterfly -----------------------