Date:         Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:26:19 -0800
Subject:      SUB: Valentine's Contest: "MICHAEL": Poetry

There's still time to send your entry! Check out
http://web.mit.edu/mbarker/www/val97/val.html for details.

Please reserve all critiques on contest entries until after Valentine's
Day!
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Michael

Michael, so childlike and cheerful.
His honesty lures you to him.
His mirth entices you to laughter also.

Michael, so aristocratic and handsome.
His nobleness gently engulfs you.
His beauty seduces you -- body; mind; and soul.

Willful, as the mountain goat symbolized under the sign of
Capricorn, he can be unyielding.  of living done, that even he
does not yet comprehend their true meaning.

Gaze into those dark haunting eyes,
and you find and intensity that is far away from youthful and glee.
Look long enough and you perceive the anguish and pain of his
journey -- yet unfulfilled.

Like the creation of a masterpiece, he perpetually seeks that which
we all seek and never will find; ultimate perfection.

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Michelle
winebird@inreach.com