{"id":5114,"date":"2004-11-05T13:04:26","date_gmt":"2004-11-05T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/11\/05\/prime-numbers-and-cafeteria-c"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:16","slug":"prime-numbers-and-cafeteria-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/05\/prime-numbers-and-cafeteria-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"prime numbers and Cafeteria Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“tree B&W small”   It’s been way too long since f\/k\/a<\/EM> featured <\/FONT>Pamela Miller Ness<\/FONT><\/A>.   <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The latest <\/FONT>issue of frogpond<\/FONT><\/A> <\/EM>leapt into my mailbox this week, and contains three of<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Pamela’s poems, which I am pleased to share with you:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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birthday morning<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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he tells me that 53<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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winter night<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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a stranger in the laundromat<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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asks my name<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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decision time<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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tiny ripples<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in the river<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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      a blue eggshell<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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      quivering<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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          [linked verse written with <\/FONT>Michael Dylan Welch<\/FONT><\/A>]<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"froglegs\"  by <\/FONT>Pamela Miller Ness<\/FONT><\/A>, from <\/FONT>frogpond<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> XXVII:3 (Fall 2004)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>credit: “winter night” –  haiku spirit<\/EM> 20<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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