Max, not at all, just some momentary curiosity on my part! Stay tuned :)
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sheila, you're welcome!
>
> follow your intuition and post - whether to the list or to me back-channel.
>
> I know I have a tendency to plod along a time line that's inherently
> undramatic.
>
> Max
>
> Quoting Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Max, I am enjoying this piece very much. For some reason, I am tempted to
> > wonder what would happen if the stanzas were placed in a different order.
> > Would you be amenable to such considerations? This is not to say that
> there
> > is anything wrong with the order as it is. I just like to see what
> happens
> > sometimes. Sheila
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > First Thing
> > >
> > > Something's waking me -
> > > far too early
> > >
> > > judging by my joint-aches
> > > and the dark window.
> > >
> > > The dogs have begun to wrestle
> > > voicelessly so far
> > >
> > > but their tumbling
> > > makes highly audible thumping.
> > >
> > > Birds are at their tweeting -
> > > they can't have anything
> > >
> > > new to tell each other -
> > > earlier it was the park owl
> > >
> > > (Tawny Frogmouth, in truth)
> > > with its 'who whom? who whom?'
> > >
> > > possible answers being
> > > 'I catch small creatures.
> > >
> > > Don't you invade my beat.'
> > > Was Tawny in my dream?
> > >
> > > Whatever I was dreaming
> > > has already faded -
> > >
> > > why can't I have interesting
> > > dreams like other people?
> > >
> > > May as well roll out of bed
> > > submit to some doggy toe-licking
> > >
> > > and swop pyjamas for
> > > day-clothes and boots.
> > >
> > > At my feet two dogs sprawl
> > > supervising my moves.
> > >
> > > Can I reach my bootlaces still?
> > > Can I still tie a firm knot?
> > >
> > > The motor hum on the road
> > > is the newsagent's car
> > >
> > > as today's paper's tossed
> > > from window over roof
> > >
> > > dumped with a dull thump
> > > in the violets by my drive.
> > >
> > > Breakfast is in the offing.
> > > Muesli with banana and a cuppa -
> > >
> > > much later I'll have coffee.
> > > Testing the dogs' patience.
> > >
> > > Make a dash for their supplies.
> > > Labs never learn good manners
> > >
> > > or not in this house.
> > > Feed and be grateful.
> > >
> > > Such are the first things
> > > peace and gratitude
> > >
> > > while the paper says
> > > Syria Egypt Afghanistan.
> > >
> > > Who whom. Who whom.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Max Richards
> > >
> > >
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