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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 30 Mar 1995.
Line-talk: 'Lone Candle'

Line-talk: 'Lone Candle'

In article <199...@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> wan...@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (MAY WANHAMID) writes:
>Hi People!
>
>This is a modest attempt to combine two art forms.  Tell me
>what you think, how it can be improved.  Email is fine too.  
>I can be reached at:   <wan...@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
>
>
>				In
>			       the
>			       jet
>			       inky 
>			       night
>				a
>
>			      match is
>			      struck.A
>			       little
>			       flame
>			      flutters
>			      upward in	
>			      the dark,
>			      held aloft	
>			       by the
>			       stubby
>			       wick of
>			       a white
>	   flame               candle.
>       timid    first  		                  gloom.     taper.
>     The           shrinks and rears from the thick     slender
>      But           soon draws sustenance from the black
>        Its          cautious light flickers and grows,
>           illuminating the darkness. One slim candle,
>               standing tall, braving the dark. Drip-
>                       dripping wax tears.  Pearly    
>                         transluscent white tears
>                           softly filming the
>                             myriad colored
>                               tears from
>                                 other
>                                candles
>                            and other times.
>                           Other nights, with
>                         other memories of other
>                        meals eaten alone.  Other
>            tears I cried by the soft light of one lone candle!
>
>
>Maryam


dont know what other ppl thought but i like it and i like the idea.. 
unfortunately i got  a little lost around the handle there but hell.. its 
cool

GREG

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From: app...@humus.uucp (G.W.Matthews)
Subject: Line-talk: 'Lone Candle'
Date: 1995/03/30
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