Thank you for your last message; <br />it was good of you to write <br />and at such length.. <br /> <br />I’d just like to say first <br />as a preamble <br />well a short preamble <br />let’s say a presprint that’s pre-sprint <br /> <br />and as you must know by now, <br />I tend to be rather fussy and academic <br />about punctuation <br />though I’d like to say <br />that from my point of view <br />this arises from a love of punctuation <br />which is to me as <br />those pauses which lovers share <br />between remarks – <br />those pauses when their silent minds <br />rejoice in that unity of selves and <br />rejoice in the completeness <br />of their own self <br />as reflected in the lover – as <br />Plato and Shankara and others not yet known to me alas <br />agree <br /> <br />so, that said, <br />and I hope you’re <br />still with me on this, <br />I’d like to mention what <br />may be a small point to you… <br />well, this is it: <br /> <br />when you rounded off your very <br />self-revealing and self-analytical <br />study of yourself in depth: <br /> <br />Love Sally <br /> <br />I was drawn to wonder <br />if the absent comma <br />was an oversight.. <br />which can so easily happen <br />in these hurried times <br /> <br />or perhaps a Freudian slip <br />which we might discuss at length <br /> <br />or a deep wish, which <br />might have implications <br />for our formal relationship <br />which we would also need to discuss at length <br /> <br />or simply a command <br /> <br />I look forward to your reply <br />to what I hope you appreciate <br />is a sensitive and well-meaning <br />question which might forward <br />our discussion of your poetry in depth? <br /> <br />PS there’s no need <br />to reply at length to this <br />possibly trivial matter <br />on this occasion..<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dear-poemhunter-correspondent/
