<~>22 Oct 2003
what about the varnish? talk about the pines that gave it, and how patient they were to give their blood for the sharpened D of eternity.
maybe you drink a chocolate colored guiness (or 2) while you wait for the chocolate varnish to dry.
the last quatrain--just scrap it, and go from there.
why do we run out of steam like that, i wonder?