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</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I give this poem very high marks. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It captures a nuanced story <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of a quandry involving surprised hurt, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">varied reactions, many of which are contrary to each other, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">living in a state of limbo as to what to do<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">and more.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">It portrays a very human state<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">that
most if not all of us, can relate to. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">It is cleverly done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">Greatr job. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">There are confusions, mentioned below. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A
cautionary Tale, without Warning</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">aspiring poem by Alice Jane-Marie Massa<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Bonjour.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I am
a poem,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">resting
on a cloud of fiction,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">from
where teardrops of nonfiction<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">periodically
emanate.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Great way to say it.. In all fiction the
soul of the writer is ever present. Her sorrows<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">and triumphs are behind the mask. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Now,
dear poetry reader,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
cautionary tale--<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">or
what should have been a Cautionary tale.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Postmarked
with friendship,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
letter arrived post haste;<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">however,
the letter should have been sent<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">by
special delivery with a warning label.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Without
said warning,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
recipient was suddenly<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">enveloped
into the insensitive morass<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I love the way ‘enveloped’ is used here.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of
unkind, uncaring, unknowing words—<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Does the word<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">‘unknowing’ here assuage</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">the senders</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">guilt?</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
only weapons that target the poetic soul.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Why do you say<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">‘the only weapons?” surely there are other
weapons as well.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I advised
her to open<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">her
umbrella of understanding.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
encouraged her to catch the words<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">in a
bitterfly net.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Is this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">saying that</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">the sender’s
words</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">can give hints to
understanding</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">and thus lessen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">the effects of the words?</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">And,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">whether she meant to hurt the receiver? <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A butterfly net is meant to catch a
fragile creature without harming it, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and yet allow for closer scruitiny.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">To examin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">without malice.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
pleaded with her to toss the letter<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">into
the forgetting file or fire,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">but
she has no Victorian fireplace.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The use of ‘Victorian’ is powerful. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Ensconsed in her superiority, the
Victorian can easily dismiss the crass meanderings of a lower class from whence
this letter obviously came. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It’s not worth attention. But the reader
does not have that facility, so she must bear the hurt of the written words.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What
is her place?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">She
is the one <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">who
will read<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
words of weaponry only once:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">she
will not give the writer the satisfaction<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of a
second read--a second blow.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">But she will muster up what Victorian little powers<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">she has at hand, and not give the letter a
second shot at her.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></i></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Now,
with decades in her heart pocket,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">wiser
and more patient,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">she,
who loved and once taught debate, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">will
not give the writer the satisfaction<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">of a
reply or rebuttal..<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In younger years she might have defended
herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">But she knows now<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">in her experience, that defense will not
help.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Besides, turning one’s back can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">be an</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">effective counterpunch.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Unanswered
letter<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">was
a flag to the few who read it;<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Can you explain the intended meaning of
‘flag’ in this line?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">but
only one prized individual<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">whispered
a kindly, caring word of regret<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">from
a blessed and crystalline conscience.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Will
he ever fully know<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">how
his lone feather<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">pushed
away the weight of those wrenching words?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In these last lines, I am confused. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">If the writer never read the letter again,
how did someone come to offer her support?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Having more specific<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">and complete information</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">would be helpful in the reader’s
understanding.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
coax her to read this commemorative stamp:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Is it the poem who<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">coaxed her to read it?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"Some
friendships grow with grace and gratitude;<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">other
friendships are punctuated with patience."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I have the feeling that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">the letter was sent by a friend. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Does the reader end the relationship for
all times, <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">or does she wait and see whether patience
will heal the relationship?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">If she burns up the letter, will that mean
she has closed the door on future possible reunions. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">If she keeps the leter, does it mean she
will have to live with the hurt of the relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What
was the date of the postal cancellation?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
close with telling her:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">"Cancel
the moment,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">move
on, move on."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Does cancelling the moment mean treat it
like a passing storm. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">When the poem urges move on, does that
mean locking the door behind you?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I am
a poet,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">resting
on a cloud of fiction.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">in
my cumulous or nebulous state,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Nebulous state I think speaks to the
quandry,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">which despite everything , the
reader has not really made a permanent decision.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
convince her to join me<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">on
said cloud<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">where
we will share<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">a
dessert of<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">poetic
retort.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I take this to mean that the reader/poet
has not put the moment behind her and will write, or imagine writing a retort
in poetic form. suppose this is a process most of us go through in such
situations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">But it is only a stage in the process, not
the solution, if there is a solution.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv2146168436msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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