Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!reed!purtell From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Elizabeth Purtell) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Re: Poem... Message-ID: <1010@reed.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 15:21:06 EST Article-I.D.: reed.1010 Posted: Wed Feb 27 15:21:06 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:02:35 EST References: <887@ihuxk.UUCP> Reply-To: purtell reed.UUCP (Elizabeth Purtell) Distribution: net Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 40 Summary: I met him not so long ago, And yet, things are very different now. I saw him then, And now, though he looks the same, I see him very differently. He is an actor. He is also a person. But I am not always certain, When he is one, And when the other. He told me that I was beautiful, Once, what seems like long ago. But did he really mean it? Or was it just a line from a play, From Shaw or O'Neill? When he sees me, Does he see who I am? Or does he only see another player, Someone who is saying their lines on cue? Does he even care which one I am? I remember, the first time we made love. It was right after a play he had acted in. But was it really making love to him, Or was he still on stage, Just playing another role, In which I was merely a bit part? Elizabeth Purtell (Lady Godiva)