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00000230: 4D 4E 45 59 53 2C 20 47 45 54 20 44 4F 57 4E 20 |MNEYS, GET DOWN |
00000240: 59 4F 55 52 20 4E 45 43 4B 20 41 4E 44 20 43 4F |YOUR NECK AND CO|
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000002A0: 42 45 41 52 20 54 48 45 4D 20 4E 4F 20 47 52 55 |BEAR THEM NO GRU|
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00000320: 45 53 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 59 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 |ES ON THEY DON'T|
00000330: 20 52 45 41 4C 4C 59 20 53 45 45 2E 0D 0D 0D C9 | REALLY SEE.....|
00000340: 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 50 52 4F 42 41 42 4C 59 20 | COULD PROBABLY |
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000003A0: 20 53 45 45 4D 53 29 2E 20 D4 48 45 20 46 49 52 | SEEMS). .HE FIR|
000003B0: 53 54 20 4C 45 53 53 4F 4E 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 |ST LESSON WOULD |
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000003D0: 52 54 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 4F 55 54 20 57 49 54 48 |RT WORK OUT WITH|
000003E0: 20 41 20 42 41 4C 4B 59 20 43 52 4F 53 53 43 55 | A BALKY CROSSCU|
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000005B0: 57 21 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |W!. |
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00000670: 44 20 4F 46 20 50 4F 45 54 49 43 20 49 4E 53 50 |D OF POETIC INSP|
00000680: 49 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 0D 49 53 20 50 41 54 45 4E |IRATION.IS PATEN|
00000690: 54 4C 59 20 53 55 50 45 52 49 4F 52 20 54 4F 20 |TLY SUPERIOR TO |
000006A0: 56 45 52 53 45 53 20 54 48 41 54 20 53 54 45 4D |VERSES THAT STEM|
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SOME WINTER OBSERVATIONS..
BY JIM HEHL...IT SURPRISES ME
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT.LIKED S
NOW AND CARRIED THEIR ENTHUSIASMS TO THE
.POINT OF READING AND RECITING A LOT OF
SNOW POEMS.FROM NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
. ALL, IT SEEMS, BE-.CAUSE WINTERS COME
EARLY AND STAY LATE HERE..I ALSO LEARNED
THAT THE LOCAL POETS MADE A LOT OF.MONE
Y, FROM TOURISTS, ON THE FIRST FALL OF S
NOW..I SUPPOSE THAT "COTTONY BILLOWS OF
FLUFFY DOWN.CLINGING TO PINE LIMBS" DO M
AKE A FETCHING SIGHT.....THEY ALSO BREAK
OFF TREES, PULL DOWN FENCES,.GUM UP CHI
MNEYS, GET DOWN YOUR NECK AND COVER.THE
PARTS TO THE SNOW MACHINE YOU WERE ABOUT
TO.ASSEMBLE BEFORE PAINTING. I BEAR THE
M NO GRUDGE;.THESE LOCAL POETS, TOURISTS
, SNOW.... I SIMPLY.WISH TO POINT OUT TO
THESE PEOPLE, AND OTHERS,.THAT A LOT GO
ES ON THEY DON'T REALLY SEE....I COULD P
ROBABLY GIVE A FEW LESSONS TO THESE.SO-C
ALLED LOCAL POETS (WHICH ARE RECENT RESI
DENTS.IT SEEMS). THE FIRST LESSON WOULD
CONSIST OF A.SHORT WORK OUT WITH A BALKY
CROSSCUT SAW, AMONG.THE TIMBERS. THE "S
ILENT MANTLE OF IMMACULATE BEAUTY".WOULD
BE "DAZZLING IN IT'S CONSUMATE LOVELINE
SS...".AT WHICH POINT TWO BUSHELS OFF AN
ADJACENT BIRCH.WOULD KNOCK THEM FLATTER
THAN A ONE-SIDED SPONDEE....OR, I WOULD
CAUSE THEM TO SHOVEL OUT A MAILBOX.(AFT
ER THE FOREST SERVICE TRACTOR HAD BURIED
IT.TEN FEET DEEP)....SIGH....!!...MY FA
VORITE SNOW POEM WAS COMPOSED IN MY OUTH
OUSE.ONE FRIGID MORNING:. T
HE SNOW! THE SNOW!. OH! OH!
OH! OH!..I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT WHEN ONE
RECITES THIS ALOUD,.THE CHATTERING OF T
HE TEETH IS INTRODUCED BETWEEN.THE SECON
D AND THIRD OH'S...I TRULY BELEIVE THAT
THIS KIND OF POETIC INSPIRATION.IS PATEN
TLY SUPERIOR TO VERSES THAT STEM FROM ON
E'S.IMAGINATION........
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