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Subject: Re: Long May You Live / c&c
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by: Will Dockery - Sat, 1 Apr 2023 16:36 UTC

On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 12:53:13 PM UTC-5, George Dance wrote:
> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 3:16:17 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 11:18:53 PM UTC-5, George Dance wrote:
> > > Long may you live
> > >
> > > for K.K.
> > >
> > > Long may you live, long after I am gone,
> > > And may you always keep your thoughts upon
> > > Our memories; may the good times you and I
> > > Once had be points of light to journey by,
> > > Like fireflies upon a twilit lawn.
> > >
> > > May each day find you welcoming the dawn
> > > And living life complete: a day to try,
> > > To win, to celebrate with your head high.
> > > Long may you live.
> > >
> > > May you walk in righteousness through Babylon,
> > > True to yourself, not anybody's pawn;
> > > And on that future day when you must die,
> > > Once more may you remember me, and sigh,
> > > And leave a wish for those who carry on:
> > > "Long may you live."
> >
> > Gadzooks.
> >
> > I've read this one over and again... perhaps one of the most perfect poems I've ever seen, and I'm including the giants in on that, such as Frost, Poe and Rimbaud.
> >
> Thank you, Will. With your encouragement (and Corey's, Rachel's, and Michael's), I'm encouraged enough to blog it, which I'll do today with the 3 revisions that have come up so far.
> > Bravo, my man, but don't stop here, try to bat a few mover out while the pen is hot, even if they don't match up, you never know when you'll hit a double, or even a grand slam, eh?
> >
> Thanks for the encouragement. I see you're going through a prolific period, which is good. I'm out of ideas, but I'll look for some, and try to write another.

Seven years later, and the inspiration still comes when the time is right.

🙂

Don't shoot until you're sure you both aren't on the same side.

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Re: Long May You Live / c&c	Will Dockery