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janet paterson wrote:

> hi all
>
> i am flabbergasted yet again
>
> some see me as eloquent
> some see me as a demagogue
>
> i write what i feel compelled to
> after much thought and concern and selection
>
> i seek expression and understanding and clarity
> i abhor power and control mongering
>
> i quit the title and 'prestige' of 'co-list-mom'
> due to the perceptions of some others
>
> should i stop writing
> due to fear of what others may see in my words
> regardless of my intent?
>
> should i silence my voice?
>
> janet
>
>

You should not!
You must not!

Why... ?

Because you are a sincere non-conformist voice,
and we need it.

Because you have the feeling of the essential fight,
that is the right to be different,
to be the color against the gray.

Because we all  know, how important it is,
for those in touch with the adversity,
to keep their unique open mind,
the taste of dream and  surprise,
the deep  power of  expression.

And even if I can´t , "some - many" times,
follow up your ( I think ) peculiar phonetical language,
it is a pleasure to see how the surrealism, the expressionism and even
the lyric
abstractionism, can be a voice for our hope.

So... you should not ...
... may be, even, with less " concern and selection"...

José