Bambalaye, that is just the plain truth. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: BambaLaye <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The Fungus Among Us - Poetic Therapy >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:59:40 -0500 > >When I need a break from the strains of life around me, I normally retreat >into some quite moments of cranial freedom. Many a times, such is the >result. Here's one I want to share with all. Read on with humor and I hope >you benefit from the therapeutic effect intended! > >BambaLaye. >============================================================================ > >THE FUNGUS AMONG US > > >Destitute of the 'phyll for life >Choice? Non-but a saprophyte >Be you a single cell, Mycelium or >A system of entangled hyphae >Parasite! But what else be you? > > >Spongy morbid granulations >Live how else? A proud flesh of wounds >Amongst your fellow thallophytes >You are none but the sponge >Sphongos be you do better absorb the plunge. > > >The molds, the mildews, the rusts, the smuts >Puff balls or toadstools Oh what a parasite! >Only on animal flesh, where else to survive? >Thee fungi no awe! You are low down there! > > >"MAN MAA LEN JEPPI!" > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~