Emily Dickinson parody

Here's the parody we discussed in class:
A gauzy Skein of Propylene --
That sways with slightest Breath --
This bag holds smocks -- and Bread and Milk --
But -- in its folds -- lies Death.
It sways and puffs -- this Thistledown, Balloonlike in its joy --
Each tiny mouth a perfect fit -- This bag is not a toy.

-- Emily Dickinson

(Jim Roy Wilson, Washington)

Washington Post Style Invitational:

Rewrite some banal instructions in the style of some famous writer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A12136-2003Mar22¬Found=true