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Note To A Poet I Greatly Admire
I am an old fart, and a notorious flipflopper (I mean, with regard to decisions; not the footwear---well, not since college, lol), and your change of screen names has given me courage to face this issue once more, once and for all (I hope). I have found out, with a simple google search, that starward is too generic and has been used too much for other purposes; too much for my comfort level. I will use something a little more personalized, less generic, and harder to imitate (or to be accused of being an imitation). Thank you for setting an example---in this way, and with your poetry---that has helped me enormously.
Comfortable And Stylish
Birkenstock sandals are the best.
bananas are the perfect food
for prostitutes
I don't think those were
Thanks for that comment.
I don't think that brand was readily available to us, back in those days (1976-1980). A good many students on the campus attended classes, or meals in the cafeteria, without benefit of shoes; barefoot or socks was the prevailing style, all four years that I was there. My usual style, at that time, was a polo shirt or tee, baggy painters' pants, and flip-flops---which I usually carried, wearing them only when surfaces or the weather absolutely demanded compliance. One Friday afternoon in late spring, I walked an eighteen mile round trip between the campus and the post office, with my flops mostly carried. My Beloved had sent me a rather elaborate (and very delightful) letter, but had shorted the postage; so I had to retrieve it from the post office, as the campus courier would not have been going back until the following Monday . . . and I definitely did not want to wait through the weekend to read the letter. My Beloved's letters were very pleasantly candid, with very detailed descriptions. Because I was so anxious to have the letter, the eighteen miles did not seem like much of a difficulty. When I returned to my dorm, I soaked my feet in a tub of cold water---which immediately clouded from the streetgrime collected on my feet. The cool water, and the smoking hot letter, both made for a very pleasant evening.
J-9th94
Oh Just Lovely
What an enjoyable story snippet
of your personal world you've surprised
me with the pleasure of reading!
bananas are the perfect food
for prostitutes
First, as I have said before,
First, as I have said before, coming from a Poet like you, that is quite a compliment. And it has emboldened me to post it as a prose piece of its own, and I will acknowledge you in the notes as cause for the posting.
J-9th94