I read the news today, oh boy. Running battles on the streets of Brighton W. Sussex involving poets, tranvestites and DIY equipment. Wow! Are assassins all we can be bothered to send to each other these days? We used to send nice presents and tropical birds y'know. Which brings me to the question of WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE POETRY PARROT? I still have claw marks in the lino from where our good friend once visited me as he did many other sinister types, politely asking for - sometimes rudely demanding - some lovely poetry before fluttering off to visit the next hapless sinisterene. Apparently it's a family business dating back to Middle Ages when the Madrigal Macaw would harass the peasantry for lusty songs. But for months now - nothing! Has he fallen in love and shacked up with one of you? Or has he gone the way of the Pottery Pteradactyl? Rather than visit the archives to find our where PP last alighted, I thought I'd use the time honoured method used in school. I'll leave the room and whoever's got the parrot can leave him on the desk. I've left some seed. Better leave some poetry as well... PSALM I am not lyric any more I will not play the harp for your pleasure I will not make a joyful noise to you, neither will I lament for I know you drink lamentation, too, like wine so I dully repeat you hurt me I hate you I pull my eyes away from the hills I will not kill for you I will never love you again unless you ask me Alicia Suskin Ostriker Robster http://liquid2k.com/robster75 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+