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Monthly Archives: September 2007

On orthodoxy returning to Russia’s public schools

I was fired from there (convent), finally, for a lot of things, among them my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.

On the first day of Autumn

Autumn Valentine
In May my heart was breaking-
Oh, wide the wound, and deep!
And bitter it beat at waking,
And sore it split in sleep.
And when it came November,
I sought my heart, and sighed,
“Poor thing, do you remember?”
“What heart was that?” it cried.

On the publication of O.J. Simpson’s book

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

On Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit

I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be a darling at it.

On George Bush to Tony Snow

Oh, seek, my love, your newer way;
I’ll not be left in sorrow
So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow!
“Godspeed”

On George Bush losing members of his team

The friends I made have slipped and strayed,
And who’s the one that cares?
A trifling lot and best forgot–
And that’s my tale, and theirs
Then if my friendships break and bend
There’s little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
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