Wow!!! Clay, your poem really blows me away. It's so forceful and so true. I love the metaphor of the PD monster - very appropriate - and admire your aabccb rhyme scheme which must have been a bit of a challenge. Thanks for sharing that with us. Marge Moylan - another PD poet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn