The Prophet

[Magpie]

I was just intending to say something about how much I've learnt from watching all the comments on this poem and even though I was way way off with my attempt I don't mind because it's made me think about things more. But while I'm here, it would be cheeky to leave without offering anything. So you may have to humour me somewhat but for Hydra instead of mentioning it could it be, well I had a couple of thoughts 'hardy serpent' because I saw the anagram with hardy and hydra although hardy is more associated with plants and the other one was 'hedera' which is of course Ivy but is also an anagram of 'header' as in 9 header or just as in a nutter. Or there is 'Hedera Helix' a type of Ivy that is quite serpentine and I'll stop before I get to the Hardy Hedera Hel... you know what I mean. There's too many H's going on there, I've just noticed. But I did give it some thought. Honest.

What I really wanted to say was thank you immensely for the simple yet important fact that the Greeks had no letter 'C' you don't know how much that has made so many other things that I've been thinking about make sense this past week. I wish that they had told us that the first day at school and then certain things would have been easier. You're right about the Romans although I suppose the fact that I lived in Valeria Close, Hadrian Park, Wallsend should have been a clue to the way it was going to go. I do mean that about the letter 'C' or should I say the letter 'K' it all makes sense now. Cheers