I was on holiday last week and missed the discussion on SNAPSHOTS. Anyway I
did write quite a lot last week and the piece marked Snapshot 1 would have
been my sub if I had been able to sub it. Snapshot 2 is below.
Snapshot 1
Away from home
we turn our vision outward
don't see the flaws
a holiday renews commitment
for a while
makes fuck sweat nights steam
while mobile home rocks
to the sound of old tunes
and new ideas
Snapshot 2
Tuesday - 21st August 2001 - 1 pm
tiny ice crystals
fill the mackerel sky
with cirrocumulus
and build toward a storm later
on the river
ships pipe 1 pm.
brief crepuscular sunlight
lightens the rooftops
of the nearby houses
and I listen watch feel
for the first drops of rain
as the clothes on the washing line
billow in a freshening breeze
the dogs can sense the storm
and hide somewhere indoors
while the garden mower
stands unmoving
I watch from the patio doors
cup of tea in one hand
microphone in the other
it is 1.05
and I can feel the first
drops of rain
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