Hmmm - pondering ... I like 'em both, but the second one kicks into life
quicker - but is that good for the tone of it? Hmmm, pondering still.
Andrew
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On 27 April 2016 at 09:38, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, Bill, I favor inclusion, combination and expansion.
> I wouldn’t mind being able to see more on the platform
> than just you and the boy.
>
> Max
>
> On Apr 26, 2016, at 15:49, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > On a country railway platform 4
>
> > Ranged, ready,
> we want out of here -
>
> > we’re the only life in town -
> > we wait to get away.
>
> > a pine wind scuffs
> > crisp, crablike pinoak leaves
> > and rustles trousers.
> >
> > We gaze hard into rail-straight distance
> > till a far-off glint reassures.
>
> > Anticipatory milling kicks in.
> > No uniformed presence but
> > a computerised voice crackles.
> >
> > The 11.55 from Ballan, stopping all
> > stations to Southern Cross is now
> > arriving.
>
> > Neither restrooms nor ticket
> > counter have been open. Anzac Day.
>
> > A tow-haired boy pockets his yo-yo.
> >
> > bw
> > 26.4.16
> >
> > On a country railway platform 3
> >
> > Ranged, ready,
> > we want out of here.
> > A pine wind scuffs
> > crisp pin oak leaves
> > and rustles trousers.
> >
> > We gaze hard into rail straight distance
> > until a far-off glint reassures.
> > Anticipatory milling kicks in.
> > No uniformed presence but
> > a computerised voice crackles.
> >
> > The 11.55 from Ballan, stopping all
> > stations to Southern Cross is now
> > arriving. Neither restrooms nor ticket
> > counter have been open. Anzac Day.
> > A tow-haired boy pockets his yo-yo.
> >
> > bw
> > 27.4.16
> >
> > Bill
>
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