The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. (Psalm 12:6)
A Formal Invitation To Review A Manuscript
By David Harwood
Are you prepared to slog
Through my writing on God
And changes to propose
Redundancies expose?
To help me, as I'd help you?
To rejoice - or say, "Ewwww...
“You call that good thought?
“I say it is not!"
To comment
And foment
With antagonism
To help me in writing
This prose syllogism?
Will you be ruthless
If it is truthless?
And see as to whether
There’s truth or there’s error?
If so, then read on
If not, say, “Be gone.”
Response to "A Formal Invitation to Review a Manuscript"
by Lynn Swaner
I am far from prepared
And yet I do dare
To take a quick look
Through your so-called book -
Though the font is quite daunting
And my projects are mounting
If it's by Wednesday you please
I shall give it a breeze,"
Said the editor with a sulfurous sneeze.
It was allergy season, you see.
After giving brief pause
To a dependent clause,
She sought to deliver
A response beyond thither --
Then recalled what was needed,
and finally conceded:
"This rhyme's a waste of time,
what with pages a-numbering 179!
"And said, in utter abandon of wit,
"In short, I'll do it."
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