THE DUET

THE DUET

A WOMAN'S POEM

Before I lay me down to sleep,

I pray for that man who's not a creep:

He who is handsome, smart, and strong;

He who will love to listen long;

He who’ll think before he speaks;

He who'll call, not wait for weeks!

He who’s gainfully employed;

When I spend his cash, he’s not annoyed.

He pulls out my chair; he opens my door;

He’ll massage my back, begs to do more.

I pray for that man who’ll love me to end,

And always be my very best friend.

A MAN'S POEM

I pray for a deaf-mute gymnast,

A nymphomaniac with huge boobs

Who owns a bar on a golf course;

Loves to send me fishing and drinking.

Now this don’t scan nor rhyme

But fucked if I will give a crap.

The End

[This is by that prolific poet, Anonymous, saved from one of those time-wasting emails because it annoyed me, begging for correction.  I greatly improved it by providing two missing rhymes and I corrected the metre throughout, although I’m not satisfied with lines 8 and 11 of the woman’s yet, and not happy with the man’s at all.  What a typical mindless wretch he is!  But perhaps both of them are much too stereotypical; that is the intent of the humour.  Further improvements welcome.  Feel free to share.

--- K’lakokum]

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Today’s book selections:

ITEM CD50…CRIME IN CANADIAN SOCIETY Silverman & Teevan $9

ISBN 040986725x; 1976; Category: Criminology

ITEM JK02… THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES Hulda Regehr Clark $20

Naturopath Hulda Clark's research into the disease process revealed that parasites or pollution cause illness, and in CURE FOR ALL DISEASES, she offers expansive advice on how the patient can take healing into his or her own hands, or minister to their loved ones in a cost-effective manner. Using an audio oscillator, termed the Synchrometer, built at home following instructions in the book, the reader learns to seek out, find through sound waves, selectively electrocute, and thus destroy the offenders, (except any shielded by the intestinal or abdominal lining). Once the parasites are eliminated, further support is given using specific herbs and nutritional treatment. If pollutants are at fault, their detoxification and avoidance are essential. Explicit directions and a no-nonsense approach to healing offer a clear way forward for the adventurous health consumer.

ISBN 1890035017; 1995 softcover; ex-library

[HK]ITEM LW87…THE COMMON THREAD John Sulston $9 

Sulston, a Nobel laureate and geneticist, is one of many scientists around the world working to map the human genome. THE COMMON THREAD recounts his story, with the help of science writer Ferry, and his personal battle against Craig Venter, head of the privately-funded genetics corporation Celera., who is also at work on genetic mapping.  ISBN 0593048016,  2002 softcover; condition: fair

ITEM LX61…THE FIRST FREEDOM Bryce W. Rucker $20

[DK]ITEM YB40…THE OCCULT SCIENCES IN ATLANTIS Lewis Spence $17

[DK]ITEM YB44…ATLANTIS DISCOVERED Lewis Spence $9

ITEM 0565...THE ASTROLOGER’S HANDBOOK Sakoian & Acker $9

[EE,]ITEM 0571…OGOPOGO: THE OKANAGAN MYSTERY Mary Moon $65

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Other items:

ITEM EM00...First Day Cover, Oct.25, 1990, NORVAL MORRISSEAU VIRGIN MARY CHRISTMAS POSTAGE STAMP $12

Offered for sale is the First Day Cover issued by Canada Post on October 25, 1990 when the 1990 edition of the annual Christmas postage issue first went on sale.  This cover presents 3 of the 4 stamps in the set, featuring the 39 cent Norval Morrisseau Canada Christmas stamp, Virgin Mary with Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist # 1294.

Canada Post Corporation's annual Christmas set features the works of four native Canadian artists. Each one has depicted the nativity or the origin of human life according to their particular cultural beliefs. Jackson Beardy's "Rebirth" (Cree) is seen on the 34¢ GREET MORE stamp. It is a rendering of the beginnings of life and its cycles of existence. On the 39¢ domestic rate, Norval Morrisseau (Ojibwe) "nativizes" a classic Christian image in his painting "Virgin Mary with Christ Child and St. John the Baptist." The green stone sculpture, "Mother and Child", created by a Cape Dorset Inuit artist (believed to be Lutka Qiatsuk), is featured on the 45¢ U.S. rate design. And the 78¢ international rate stamp uses Bill Reid's serigraph on paper, "Children of the Raven", portraying the first human beings entering the world according to Haida belief. Montreal graphic designer Clermont Malenfant put distinctive backgrounds of metallic colours, textile, blanket or tapestry patterns from each artist's culture together with the artwork and the appropriate translation of the Christmas wish "Peace on Earth".

ITEM 0658...(comic book) HELENA CATFIGHT #1, with certificate of authenticity signed by Steven Zyskowski, #81 of 700 $15

ITEM 0663...(lithographed post card)THE BEAVER by The Blue Pump $5

ITEM 0664...(brochure) FATHER AND SON by Floyd Kuptana $8

ITEM 0665...(postcard) CIRCUS HALL OF FAME winter quarters circa 1928 at Peru, Indiana (card produced 1996, Series #1, Card #1) $3

MANUSCRIPT NOTES OR RESEARCH:

SOUTH OF TUK ARCHIVES

0653...mis-use of religion as an excuse

0654...Anglican schism on gay rights

0655...seven million victims in Ukraine holocaust

0657...homosexuality and the Bible (clippings from The Sunday News)

[cMR]0661...text of speech by John P. Robarts April 23, 1976

[cMR]0662...Michael Best column commenting on 0661

QUOTABLE QUOTES:

0667..."The self you have betrayed is your mind; self-esteem is reliance on one’s power to think. The ego you seek, that essential 'you' which you cannot express or define, is not your emotions or inarticulate dreams, but your intellect, that judge of your supreme tribunal whom you’ve impeached in order to drift at the mercy of any stray shyster you describe as your 'feeling.'" --Ayn Rand

PERSONAL/FAMILY STUFF:

0656...passport expired 22 March 1974

0660...registered mail sent Feb.3, 1965 notice of grant of citizenship

0666...my election brochure 1984 federal election