Bob, After a few readings I think ( last word
italicised) I'm with you. I like the double story. I
quite like the fact that I am not entirely sure that
my reading is the right one (Would 'Divorce' have been
an alternative title?)
cheers, cara
--- Bob Cooper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Read on down below (for C & C) and...
> N.B. The words presented inbetween *'s are supposed
> to be read as *in
> italics* but I'm refraining from using Rich Text
> Format (which may give me
> italics but gives some of you lotza irritation).
> Bob
>
>
> The Marriage
>
> Round her skirt I still tried to watch the news
> as more violent words ripped bulkheads
> with a force as strong as nature on a structure
> that had been launched with cheers, bought
> and re-sold, and was now called *General Belgrano.*
>
> On the screen many talking heads, Jon Snow
> pushing models, saying which direction she sailed
> out of the conflict, or so she thought, as in the
> depths,
> because this is the way it always gets done,
> the cold command was being followed, *Engage.*
>
> I went outside, watched the blood moon rise,
> heard next door’s cat’s yowl and another’s replies,
> then, still not knowing what to say, returned,
> and still a snatch of old film, the guesses,
> while, next to me, a face that gleamed *Gotcha.*
>
> Later, in a pub, I heard one of the submariners
> slowly talking through the crump of each distant
> hit,
> saying, *No, no cheering. In fact somebody wept.
> And me? I just sat there, did what I had to,
> even when, far below, the last big explosion began.*
>
>
> Bob
>
>
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