Maryann,
Glad that you found something in it.
BW
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maryann Hazen Stearns" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: newsub/ new leaf
> Hi Colin,
>
> This is such a fascinating read, really very interesting, and I enjoyed it
> very much. It took several reads through for me to interpret all the
> unusual (to me) references made, but it was well worth it!
>
> Cheerwell, Mary :O)
>
> --- Colin dewar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Turning over a new leaf
> >
> >
> > This is the paper I used then,
> > all six metres scrolled in a drawer
> > with dozens more like old papyrus
> > stored in the hall. The used face
> > is a kymograph. Mongolian peaks in pen
> > across the fine, green-squared terrain.
> > It takes me back to the lab
> > at St Andrews, where muscle fibres
> > strained in solution, and moved mountains.
> >
> > The dogfish swam in a tank. Shirt off
> > and up to an icy armpit in water
> > I felt for sand paper skin, only
> > needed a touch for a firm grip,
> > the fast stick and a knife through the head,
> > all done in seconds by young hands.
> > A few fibres were ample, sliced
> > from the side. The rest I took by bike,
> > home for my tea. I envied my mate,
> > who was studying cod for his PhD.
> >
> > Some nights I spent with the ivory lab
> > coat folded for warmth, opened
> > the window and leant with my head among stars,
> > forgot about wind and the cycle through snow,
> > alight with models, each further level
> > of machine in machine of muscle moving,
> > all muscle, from dogfish to me and you.
> >
> > No part was wasted, not time
> > nor fish, nor this good paper unspooling
> > from the drawer's slot, blank side up,
> > pulled over desk top and down to the floor.
> > No better thing than this unwritten page,
> > still fit for life from another pen.
> > No A4 for me with immediate end,
> > but sufficient space to reflect on paper
> > what seemed the same and what was different,
> > then.
> >
> >
> > Colin
>
>
> =====
> Good Cheer & Be Well,
> Maryann Hazen Stearns
>
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