<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3504.2500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Keep your day job....</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:rrg@unlv.edu" title=rrg@unlv.edu>Robert = Goodale</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 20, 2003 = 10:39 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pianotech Poetry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Poetry for piano technicians?  Why not, = somehow I just got inspired I'm not sure why.  Here is my first, what = do you think?  Keep my day job?  Perhaps some of you can relate to = the topic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Betsy’s Cry = </STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><FONT = face=Arial>By Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>She cries for an echo, a ghost.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>History’s crude humor, the final = insult.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fleece the fair passed by,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Weak from the head, soft but without purpose.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Should have been the box from which she came.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The most critical was not rejected, begs = for more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Newton’s dream, gravity without = weight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Her input loose, compromises to the = side.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Not of wood, an unnatural = element.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Broken and crumbled, her children now silent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Slips away, her voice lost to friction and time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The steel now stolen, the gift = lost.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The savior is called and = discriminates.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hours go by, she remains silent but hopeful.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Moment of truth, will she breath?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>She coughs and sighs, tired eyes = open.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Exhausted and regret, the servant = collects.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The apprentice now sits and begins self torture.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>