Sunday, September 26, 2010

Lemmings and Boxes

Stomack and Borgan return. The epigraphs are in keeping with the now fashionable trend in poetry to epigram (can that be used as a verb?) all poetry. Lemmings and boxes is what it’s all about.
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“The metal boxes will have keys and be located on side streets.”--- Deborah Miller

“Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes”--- The Police

Lemmings and Boxes
---- Big Frank Dickinson

Stomack: Borgan, boxes are no having the keys, is true?
Borgan: What boxes; why you talk of boxes?
Stomack: So, you like all lemmings just rush, rush and not be looking around?
Borgan: Look around plenty; you know me, Borgan - always look both ways.
Stomack: Then surely you see postal boxes on the street sides - very absent now - mostly.
Borgan: Never understand those boxes - why a box to put in what came from other box.
Stomack: Postal service has method; what you say now - Borgan is expert on mail too?
Borgan: Mail too?
Stomack: First expert on absences now mail too; please to answer.
Borgan: OK, not postal expert, but have good idea.
Stomack: Yes . . .?
Borgan: No need to take mail from letter box and congregate in congregation box - just take away for good. Saving boxes, and saving time too.
Stomack: Maybe is reason for congregation boxes.
Borgan: Ever look in box of congregated letters, Stomack?
Stomack: Cannot - box on side street always locked, not?
Borgan: Can lock box, but cannot hide bad idea!
Stomack: Borgan, such good quotation - is your words?
Borgan: Like lemmings we rush past bad idea too much. Please look and say out loud.
Stomack: OK: I change mind - you make me, Borgan. No more rush - now look both ways.
Borgan: So good: bad idea always will out!

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