To: johnny at charm.net
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 02:31:44 -0500
Subject: Acrostic sonnets (was Re: trees)
From: Christopher Gillen <gracci at juno.com>

"Darjeeling?", she inquired, as I leant
Against the door-frame of her tiny flat.
Half-in, half-out, half-sure of what she meant,
Replied I with a nod, came in and sat.
An illustrated hard-bound Rubaiyat
Laid open, showing fine lithography,
And Archy and Mehitabel the cat
Typed, in the corner, notes to Don Marquis.
How odd to think a once-shared pot of tea
Across so many years should come to mind,
Mayhap due to her well-versed poetry
Enticing me to thus respond in kind.
So in our love (for sonnets) we concur.
"Quod erat demonstratum", as it were.

- Christopher Gillen, A'90