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Agley.


after Robert Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923.

American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876).

Noun 1.
 Burns
   Harm not a hair
   on your head of the god that
   bit you. And as for that
   we'll see about that, fear no
   such threatful muttering under
   the weather, either.
   Put no one to shame.
   Speak to the frantic worms that deface
   your brother,
   calm them.

   This is a voice speaking.
   Your prettiest plan knows better in its
   bones & so resists carrying-out,
   like hefty trash. Reconsider
   me, please. Before long
   lengthens in passing past
   all understanding, take this opportunity:
   blue beard, red riding hood, green-and-yellow
   basket: spare me
   the gray area.

   Police? Me? But I'm the glitch
   from the stitch in time,
   proverbial sidekick, savior of nine
   for our mutual amusement, dabbler the wan
   arts flap to for crusts. Oil-of-warrior
   spreads on the troublesome
   buoyant breasts; attar throbs
   warmly at the pulse-points a woman
   imitates who briefly thought
   she'd sing one for you.


Martha Martha, in the New Testament, friend of Jesus, sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. In Christian literature, Martha has been a symbol of the active, as opposed to the contemplative, life. Feast: July 29.

Martha

personification of the busy housekeeper.
 Zweig Zweig   , Arnold 1887-1968.

German-born writer. A Zionist, he wrote about Judaism, the persecution of the Jews, and war. His works include the novel The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1927).

Noun 1.
 is the author of "Vinegar vinegar, sour liquid consisting mainly of acetic acid and water, produced by the action of bacteria on dilute solutions of ethyl alcohol derived from previous yeast fermentation.  Bone" (Wesleyan University Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1831. There are special cooperative study programs with the California Institute of Technology and the engineering department of Columbia Univ. , 1999). She is the recipient of a 1999 Writer's Award from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation.
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Author:Zweig, Martha
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Poem
Date:Sep 1, 2000
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