Yes, I am now a ghost! Seriously, Patrick, I left out the title and
the poem's subscript. It's just 'about' donating blood last Wednesday
afternoon, which is something I do once every four months or so. More
people should do so too (propaganda note)
Best
Dave
2008/5/30 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
> 'Donor I is requiem.'
> Dave does this mean they killed you are you writing from beyond -come back
> soon Patrick
>
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> Subject: Snap (tardy)
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> (late, a snap from yesterday afternoon)
>
> With an imagined ball
>
> in my left hand
> slowly flexing the flow
> as life's blood goes.
>
> Donor I is requiem.
>
>
> --
> David Bircumshaw
> Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
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David Bircumshaw
Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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