Hi Arthur,
Fairly graphic imagery here. Not sure I'd personally want to use/revere even
a dictionary after the descriptors you've used, but hey, I'm squeamish LOL.
A good capture of a kind of daily oddity - little everyday things. recording
these appeals to me so I say well done.
Cheers,
Frank
The Dictionary
>
>Beyond my wheelie, a flutter of white in morning light.
>My curiosity scatters tins
>and nastier things to pull it free.
>
>Stained, tattered binding split beyond repair.
>Odham's Dictionary of the English Language.
> Nay! Who would throw a dictionary away?
>
>I carry it home, musty and battered,
>pages spill like intestines from a wounded soldier.
>I smooth it, soothe it, dust it, house it with friends,
>
>support it with other dictionaries.
>Etymological! A connoisseur's dictionary,
>to be riffled at leisure, browsed in tranquility.
The Tales of Faust poetry page can be found at:
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~flp/F_index.htm
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