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Date Posted: 23:31:06 03/04/03 Tue
Author: Raphaela
Author Host/IP: webcacheB03a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.168.165
Subject: Re: THE JUGGLER
In reply to: GEORGE CARLE 's message, "THE JUGGLER" on 12:53:25 03/04/03 Tue

An interesting scene your words paint here.

The line breaks work perfectly and add emphasis.

I love the twist in the last stanza, which gives the whole poem a greater depth and meaning.

Raphaela



>I watched him
>In the busy
>Shopping mall
>Circuiting
>The balls
>Effortlessly
>But with obsession
>In the eyes
>
>The performance
>Looked impressive
>From years of practice
>
>Taught by his father
>Who juggled
>In the circus
>His mother
>Put her obesity
>On show
>
>Superb co-ordination
>Exacting
>I thought
>
>Perfection
>
>Guilt
>At wishing
>He would
>Drop them.

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