Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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/ +-------------------------------------------- > > > > > >