Words of farewell

Again

Some have a habit of leaving the pack
And just like Rabbit they often bounce back
May you then keep it* upon the rack
‘Cos you may need it, when you next have a crack.

[* Your office knack]

Pastiche 999

As the bold sunset fadeth in the west
Which by and by black night doth take away
So fainteth this coeur who cannot rest
Without proof of that which it cannot say.
Suffer now the splendour of thy day to dawn,
Shun no more the apparition of thy face,
Let noble thought upon thy mind at morn
Impress herself, with words of tender grace.

After William S.

Plagiarism 995

On Ais

As the bold sunset fadeth in the west
Which by and by black night doth take away
So the turn of thy thirty years doth thee,
In all the splendour of thy lettered name,
Add to thy stature and thy form more
Than all statutes and tax forms could e’er accrue

Plagiarism 994

On RS

As the bold sunset fadeth in the west
Which by and by black night doth take away
So the hotline’s calls, which thee enthrall
Do fall away as Phoenix in his grey
Only once more to rise under thy careful eyes
To be resolved, to deliquesce and as it were
to yump away.

A furry tail

Once upon a time there was little bear, Edward, Peter and Rew deLait – Edward, because all bears are called Teddy, Peter because when he had been named the minister had become very annoyed with someone making a lot of noise, as result of which he had not been careful about what he said, and Rew because it was his real name; deLait we understand was his family name, which was French, but his English friends simply could not say deLait properly which was a source of continual frustration for him – who lived in a deep dark wood, which he knew was a deep dark wood, because whenever he ventured outside he always saw Only Darkness….

You, dear reader, may care to read part two here.

Hex

A word of farewell:

For the benefit of those who cannot read hex – PTO:
What can I say? I think the hope of ever getting circular and hyperbolic functions into the world’s most taxing spreadsheet to make it the world’s really most useful spreadsheet, now recedes rather faster than the nearest red shifted quasar.

David

It is with no little trepidation that I stand here, as I know I am among friends who knew David for longer and in a far more intimate way than I ever did. It was my privilege to meet him on only a few occasions but you had many dealings with him and I am sure you can, and would want to, tell me a thing or two about him.

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