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echo: startrek
to: LUKE FISCHER
from: ROGIER VAN EETEN
date: 1997-09-23 16:29:00
subject: Data`s Poetry

Goeiemorgen Luke,
je schreef aan Fane:
 LF>Fa> Has anyone transcribed Data's poetic works into ASCII?
 LF>Fa> Especially "Felis Catus"  :)
 LF>
 LF>I love that poem!!  If you get it, please send it to me, I
 LF>wanted it so bad...  :)  It was on... DANG, the other day!
Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses
contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
a singular development of cat communications
that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion,
it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display
connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
ùData, "Schisms"
--- Dutchie V3.03
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* Origin: TNG season 7, DS9 season 4, Voy season 2 (2:500/3.9)

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