<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=724202407-21032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Very interesting, please don't write us, WE will call you.... ;>)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=724202407-21032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=724202407-21032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Best</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=724202407-21032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=724202407-21032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>I.O.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 = 90<BR>cell: 06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la = part de</B> Robert Goodale<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> jeudi 20 mars 2003 18:40<BR><B>À :</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> = Pianotech Poetry<BR><BR></FONT></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>