But Patrick, but what about that one poem we all especially liked??
You must be kidding.
But I like this - the lover who becomes the reaper of one's endless (draft
by draft) seeming detritus.
My own - exhausted by it all - just tells me I got to clean up on my own
messes!
Stephen V
> POETRY OPUS
>
> when in an over
> enthusiastic bout
> of spring cleaning
> she inadvertantly
> wiped all his poems
> from the computer
> all his hard copies
> filed drafts etc etc
> and in fact
> every last record
> of his poetry opus
> she had a little
> nagging worry
> a trepidation
> in telling him
> but she was
> rather surprised
> at the look not
> of anger dismay
> consternation
> but of pure relief
> bordering on joy
> that passed across
> his dear loving face.
>
>
> pmcmanus
> raynes park london uk
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