I like the contrast of USAmerican pop culture vs that 'weathered
jarrah fence', Andrew.
But if there's no gain, what exactly was it? I first thought H1N1
vaccine, but...?
Doug
On 25-Nov-09, at 3:06 AM, andrew burke wrote:
> My finger catches around a word
> and the medicos call it Trigger Finger.
> It reminds me of
> the back lanes of my youth, drawing against
> the fastest cats on the weathered jarrah fence
> in my twin-holstered black faux-leather
> Hopalong Cassidy outfit. Then
> they stick the needle in
> and I know I am mortally wounded,
> no poems under my hat tonight.
> Cats in the back lanes rest easy,
> words jeer in my head,
> my sentence extended.
> No gain in this pain
> again and again.
>
>
> --
> Andrew
>
> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> bookshops
> - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>
Douglas Barbour
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