NPPF: Preliminary: The Epigraph

s~Z keithsz at concentric.net
Sun Jul 13 23:29:42 CDT 2003


>>>This is truly disturbing -- I've never considered this before.  I don't
want
to believe it, but at first glance it seems compelling....<<<

shame remains
demented youth

The  Waxwing is of a hazel shade.

Main Entry: wax·wing
Pronunciation: 'waks-"wi[ng]
Function: noun
Date: 1817
: any of a genus (Bombycilla) of American and Eurasian chiefly brown to gray
oscine birds (as a cedar waxwing) having a showy crest, red waxy material on
the tips of the secondaries, and a yellow band on the tip of the tail

 Main Entry: 1ha·zel
2 : a light brown to strong yellowish brown





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