Frequently forwarded email.  "Star" Poem & Romance Game. US, 1995.

>
>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 00:35:03 -0500 (CDT)
>From: [deleted]
>
>
>    How far
>    Is near,
>    And how near
>    Is far?
>    If you're
>    Looking up now
>    We see
>    The same
>    Star.
> * * * *
>  * * * --Jack Piatt
> * *
>
>
>
> > >>
>> >> Once you have received this letter you have to keep it. This is
>> >>a love game played since 1887. You must copy this and give it to 7
>friends
>> >>within 5 days. On the fifth day drink a glass of water and say the first
>> >>and last name of a boy or girl and within 5 days he or she will ask you
>> >>out or say "I love you". This is no joke. It has worked for years. If
>> >>you break this chain, you will have bad luck with boys or girls.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >


Received by Daniel W. VanArsdale in 1995. Original E-mail had leading poem centered in asterisks.

e1995-10_star-poem_rgame.htm

Chain Letter Evolution (a history of paper chain letters).