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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ode to Black Tape
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:10:20 -0500
References: <B6594C79.9FAC%howard.390@osu.edu> <002401c06380$c4f79ee0$6ed35818@triad.rr.com>

DR. BLACKTAPE, RESPONDS TO MARTIN'S POEM...

Wonderful!!

Dan Post wrote:

> Martin-
> I take it that you are a sojourning scholar for whom English is not a first
> language- after this masterpiece, we shall not be so easy on others for whom
> the mother tongue is something other than English. A masterpiece, "Yumpin'
> Yiminy! Dot's a good'un!" as the Swedish Chef would say!.... and also
> conclusive proof that you have entirely too much time on your hands!!!
>
> Dan ( A heretic who knows that Santa will bring him a Rollei 2,8D with
> Rolleikin, and he's gonna keep in on the same shelf with his<GULP>
> Leicas!!!) Post
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 3:06 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Ode to Black Tape
>
> >
> > 'Twas four o'clock, early morn',
> >  and I was wide awake,
> > From gentle slumber I'd been torn,
> >  my sleep I would forsake.
> >
> > My mind was mad, running wild,
> >  tearing at its seams,
> > A single question had it riled,
> >  depriving me of dreams.
> >
> > Its gnawing, gnarling, gnashing self,
> >  inside my brain did scrape,
> > "Should my M6, on the shelf,
> >  be covered in black tape?.
> >
> > So small and neat, with chrome so clean,
> >  it sparkled in the light,
> > Yet maybe such a pristine sheen,
> >  was too prominent a sight.
> >
> > Like HCB and Depardon,
> >  this camera of mine,
> > Would capture Life, as it went on,
> >  around me all the time.
> >
> > Unobserved, yet seeing all,
> >  I'd stalk the streets at night,
> > With my pictures I'd show all,
> >  my photographic might.
> >
> > Yet gleaming chrome, stealth does defy,
> >  despite my best intention,
> > thus may require me to try,
> >  some shrewd circumvention.
> >
> > But residue, black tape doth leave,
> >  when once it is removed,
> > And thus my plight this starry eve,
> >  remained, alas, unmoved.
> >
> > For hours more, I tossed and turned,
> >  no answer could I find,
> > for sleep and rest I dearly yearned,
> >  and for peace of mind.
> >
> > And presently, the day did break,
> >  and with it my resolve,
> > to end all future nights awake,
> >  and so a plan evolved.
> >
> > I packed my camera, lens and all,
> >  and sold it to Kowloon,
> > A newbie shooter, guy named Paul,
> >  it couldn't ship too soon.
> >
> > Then late one night, Paul called my home,
> >  he sounded in poor shape,
> > "Should the camera parts in chrome,
> >  be covered in black tape?"
> >
> >
> > M.
> >
> > --
> > Martin Howard                | "And many photographers will also
> appreciate
> > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU  | the separate control rings for focus and
> > email: howard.390@osu.edu    | aperture."    -- Leica lens ad copy.
> > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/   +--------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> ([Leica] Ode to Black Tape)
Message from "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> (Re: [Leica] Ode to Black Tape)