| Show Sounds from the Sanctum Some writer has produced a poem entitled f Sounds from the Sanctum Sanc-tum It reads just so pretty and gives rise to thoughts that the author never visited the sanctum when business was in full blast if he had called about midnight for instance he would have seen two saintsone poring over a proofslip the other holding the copy and the sounds would bave been something like this Proofreader As flowers flow-ers without the sunshine fair commasocommawithout you commado Ifull stopbreathe a dark and dismal mare Copyholder Copy-holder Thunder not mareair Proofreader 1 breathe a dark and dismal aircommaas flowers comma Copyholder Shoot the comma Proofreader Tis done As flowers without the sunshine sun-shine fair semicolon confound slug seven he never justifies his linesNo joy in lifecommano wormsIt Copyholder Warmth Proofreader c2sTo warmth 1 hare commaand Health and vigour flies Copyholder Blazes I Health and vigour flyIt Proofreader Proof-reader Health and vigour fly full stop Thats about the sound of it when poetry is in the readers closet |
