[Maryann Corbett]

Now that all the courses have been served, I'll say thanks to everyone who commented here. I'm revising. Thanks for the votes, too. I got a big smile from Julie's reading, which is darn near clairvoyant.

And a smile from John's too. But it is imperative that I respond by noting that, while the narrator may have a weight problem, the poet tips the scales at 108 pounds.

(The poet's better half, however, has some scary reports from his doctor. I'm the cook, so both of us will be eating differently.)

I think I've now been through the bakeoff blender enough times to be served as a puree.

Thanks again.

[Susan McLean]

I had this one pegged as Marion Shore's because of her great Villon translations. So it was a surprise to see it was Maryann's. Delightful.

Susan