Does hums mean smells??
P :-)
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Sent: 03 March 2011 17:04
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Subject: Re: snap: humorning
neatly catching that soundtrack, Andrew. & also getting rid of those
shoulds...
Doug
On 2011-03-01, at 6:11 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> Crunching on muesli, dog
> crunching on biscuits, cockatoo
> crunching on gum nut -
>
> the soundtrack of
> morning, passenger jet
> interrupting.
>
> A poem should sound
> in the receiver of
> its reader, although
>
> *should *should be
> banished as 'thought
> censors activity'.
>
> Refrigerator hums
> computer tower hums
> my wife hums -
>
> it's suburban
> *Stimmung*
> of a sorts
>
> ---
>
> Andrew
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>
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