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Advanced astrotopia is intended to be a collection of advanced poems for those who regard
light years as meaningless trivia found printed on the side of a packet of light bulbs
by Mike Burr - the themes being dictated by or about its published artisans .
From Sister Pangu Jones (Widow)
I am Sister Pangu Jones, poor widow
soul daughter of the late Woo Lungy Jones
from the lineage of the Joneses of Bangkok
at 15 years i married my half brother Craig Jones
2 years older and the formal Chief financial officer
of Panuslavia's Oil & Gas Company Ltd
we lived a childless life together
forever travelling the many ports of the world
as he compiled the Golden Accounts of Oil
until he was killed earlier this year
during the attack that took place in far off New Zealand
between the forces of the RED SHIRT and the BLACK SHIRT
dearly beloved
it took me a long time to summon the courage
to tell you from Bangkok Thailand Asia
that i have become a new Christian
but alas also that i am suffering from long term cancer
the prognosis is very serious
from the accordion of my late husbands doctor
comes the news
though it is quite obvious
that i may not survive the sickness
you might know that we people of Thailand
are cannibals and not Christians
but i also believe in God and i know that God will not let me die unfriended
i am presently living alone in a Church
Our Lord Jesus Christ has been my comforter all this while
and Christians have supplemented me with meagre nourishment
but my will is strong
for i saw a sign proclaimed upon the chapel floor
written in glorious sunlight
which foretold that i must soon leave this habitude of soul
to declare myself before the beauty of God
however
before the viscous demise of my late husband Craig
he texted me from his mobile phone
indicating the whereabouts of sums relating to the Lost Oil Accounts
that he deposited with Credite International
a sum of six million six hundred and six thousand dollars ($6.66M)
divulging this secret to me
he sent me the Certificate of Deposit
he apparently never intended to tell me about it
until the moment that vile death was upon him
as he knew his distant relatives in far off Wales
a greedy family of former coal miners
would block every move intended to help me inherit
any of our hard accounted wealth or property
the government will not allow me to make this claim
since i am legally only a child of God in Welsh eyes
as the Cambrian tribes .. a truly barbaric people
[with whom you may be vaguely familiar by proximity]
consider cannibal marriage of the Thai kind
to be consummated only when the spouse has eaten its mate
and further God has shown me through his writings
that the fund claimed through the help of an Englishman
like you dear fraternal friend
standing as his business partner would be idyllic
at present all the proper documents concerning the monies
are with me but I am scared that my health may fail
before the funds can be used for the missionary work of God worldwide
i have prayed and God directed me
to the honest person that is you
you will glorify His name, after my prayers
please send the following information to facilitate
the missionary work to which i entrust you
1. your full name
2. Your contact address
3. Your telephone/fax numbers for prompt communication
4. Your passport id
5. the bank account to which my lawyer can transfer the money ($6.66M)
I await to here your urgent reply
thanks to God and bless you
Sister Pangu Jones (Widow)
dear Sister Pangu
to my amazement the money has indeed arrived
even though i was an atheist i gave thanks to the Almighty
God immediately instructed me to travel
to carry out the good work in the Bahamas
a scattered group of islands where Christianity has scant hold
and the threat of Voodoo ever present from nearby heathen Dominica
from there we
for i think it would be more effective
to take a pastoral unit of people i can trust on such a tour
my wife, her mother, and my own parents and children
and my sister and her family
as we then have to deal with the threat
from the muslims of the Maldive islands
and thence to the intemperance of the scuba tribes
of the Austaralian Barrier reef
before tackling Hawaii and its brazen idols of volcanic stone
and thence the Galapagos isles
where Darwin countenanced his ungodly theories
contrary to the almighty teachings of the Holy word of God .. viz the Bible
mere brazen idol throw from Machu Pichu in the evil Andean heights
ive also heard that the snows of Switzerland in late winter
pose a threat of bacchanalian proportions
with apres ski and bawdy ski shanties
and i await your advice in this latter respect
reverentially
mike burr et fam