{"id":1568,"date":"2009-01-22T14:32:51","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2009-01-22T14:32:51","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T14:32:51","slug":"helen-pletts-is-checking-out-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/helen-pletts-is-checking-out-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Pletts is checking out Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Facebook<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">He is pinning<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">tiny rows of coloured heads<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">\u2013 the secretly destroyed butterflies<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">of his heart.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">They face an empty bar stool,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">or turn their glances to the wind<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">\u2013 locks of hair separating,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">twisting across absent-minded brows.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">And when they send him messages<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">\u2013 that the sea is either too warm, or too cold \u2013<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">he will type three lines <\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">and maybe add a X or two.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">* Helen Pletts is a regular IS&amp;T contributor who now lives in the Czech Republic.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook&nbsp;He is pinningtiny rows of coloured heads\u2013 the secretly destroyed butterfliesof his heart.&nbsp;They face an empty bar stool,or turn their glances to the wind\u2013 locks of hair separating,twisting across absent-minded brows.&nbsp;And when they send him messages\u2013 that the sea is either too warm, or too cold \u2013he will type three lines and maybe add a 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