{"id":5069,"date":"2004-10-16T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2004-10-16T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/16\/sleaze-shot-shortage\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:20","slug":"sleaze-shot-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/16\/sleaze-shot-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"sleaze-shot shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\n

\n

\n

\n
Wouldn’t it be nice about now to be inoculated against political sleaze, spin <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
and specious argument?   While awaiting that medical miracle, let’s think about<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
pleasant things to come, like Indian summer or Halloween.  <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
\"medbag\"   Rebecca Lilly<\/FONT><\/A> can always distract me:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
a child’s magician hat–
dust motes float
in the moonlit attic<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n

\n
Indian summer<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
fire ants swarming<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
over a rotted squash<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
Creaking gate —
the crows evenly spaced
between the headstones<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
credits: “a child’s” – <\/FONT>The Heron’s Nest<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> Vol IV, 8; “creaking gate” – The Heron’s Nest<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> V, 10<\/FONT>                              \"\" . . . .<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
“Indian summer” –  <\/FONT>A New Resonance 2<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>; Modern Haiku<\/EM> XXXI:1 <\/FONT>  <\/FONT><\/FONT>   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n