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Old 04-17-2006, 02:43 PM   #9
Trilby
Slattern of the Swail
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
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OHGOODY GOODY GOODY!

WHAT EXCELLENT FUN!

Now--You're all so clever--start dazzling me!

(YAY!)

How 'bout Tony Harrison's Mark with a D? In this poem he compares his father's cremation with a loaf of bread being baked. That's pretty fresh.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie


Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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