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<p class="MsoNormal">Leonard I. Tuchyner, Author</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="text-decoration:none;"> </span></u></p><br><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Leonard Tuchyner <tuchyner5@aol.com><br>To: group22@bluegrasspals.com <group22@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Tue, Nov 29, 2022 11:14 am<br>Subject: Leonard's comments on Alice's sub<br><br></div><div id="yiv1045200129"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Champion of the Carousel</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">by
Alice Jane-Marie Massa</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">There is a question or a conflict here.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">The ponies love their lot in life. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Of the safety of going up and down and listening
to the music of the farosel. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">But they have forgotten the wild ways </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">they will never see the freedom </span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">that comes with the unknown.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">With a sense of regret she<span style=""> </span>congratulates<span style=""> </span>the trainer </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">for having created this hourse whose will has
been broken.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">I take this a metaphor<span style=""> </span>for the trade offs we have made to live in
this illusory<span style=""> </span>world. </span></u></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">History has shown that this too will end.</span></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">These thoughts upon the carousel--</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">of horses sculpted to excel</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">in sliding down and up and up and down,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">statues whirling round and round</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">to thrill the child and bring the smiles,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">lap after lap, for miles and miles.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Forever tethered to each shining pole,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">still destined to this solitary role--</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">the painted ponies know their world of grace,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">know they’ll never leave this place.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">How safe! How sweet! The
music plays.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Protected from the rains and sunny rays,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">too many enameled ponies forget</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">the fields, the prairies, the meadowlands,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">spirit, freedom, hoofs on warm sand.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Blue ribbons for the trainer who trained you so
well,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">broken spirit of a pony—</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">but champion of the carousel!</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">number of lines: 18</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Looking forward to our chat about poetry on next
Monday, the 21<sup>st, at the new time of 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time</sup>!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;" class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Alice</span></p>
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<p class="yiv1045200129MsoNormal">Leonard I. Tuchyner, Author</p>
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