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facets of a singular jewel, and I can understand
where he is coming from, I have anecdotes
to supply, grievances to air, a savvy joke,
some watercooler wisdom. And so we part
if not as friends, then, contented acquaintances.
One kind of notebook entry McGrath makes is the haiku, and here, too, there is some self-directed kidding, as in "Beauty":
Beauty of this world --
walked six miles along the beach,
counting syllables
Beauty of this world,
starlight on the salt meadow --
ah, the moon is full!




