Going Away Party

[Ca ne fait rien]

Thanks for your comments. As far as 'picking' at the poem: pick away. Every comment is valuable to me and everyone's help is appreciated (even Billy's :p) You gave me some good points to think on and I'll do just that. If I seem adamant about 'Stygian' like it is, I hope no one thinks I am snubbing my nose at good crit. In the end I may cut or change it, but honestly I am sorely prejudiced toward leaving it. My appreciation for all the help I get from The Pig Pen

As I said, it is your poem, not mine or anyone else's, and often discussion over things like this crystallise it in the poet's mind, that this is what he wrote and this is what he meant. I like it when that happens. Sometimes one just writes something down, a word, an image, and doesn't give it a thought either way until it is brought under the microscope.
I love this forum.