Aah, shawcumBir, the David exister, woolly or no, I want to travel high, low and medium tracks, stopping only to have my ticket punched by David Hume or some other woolly contemplater. To travel or not to travel? To arrive or keep on truckin'? Would that each station could be philosopher -manned or womanned. Optional belief system dispensers could still be made available for those in need of mechanical dispensations.
Are we on to something here poetryetceteras? Here's the etc we have all been longing for? A simple beginning might be an appropriate plaque on the shared house, the repository of all those once high hopes.
Hoo roo,
Claude Levi-Cuckoo
On 02/06/2012, at 2:04 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> erm, whoever that was here, Bill. I don't know for sure, as I lost touch
> with them after I left Birmingham, but I do know that almost all the staff
> on suburban stations were replaced by ticket machines and CCTV, so I doubt
> if it continued, as well as with the wonderful woolly and ritual-bound
> structure of British Rail disappearing. In which it had space to happen,
> like a mouse dancing about an elephant's feet.
>
> best
>
> david
>
> On 1 June 2012 14:45, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> My 'wog nose' is occluding, Patrick et al. Thanks 'passage' of time.
>>
>> Fascinating, whoever that was, about the philosopher-run railway station.
>> Any updates on how that ended up panning out?
>>
>> Hoo roo,
>> Bill
>>
>> On 30/05/2012, at 5:02 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Keep snapping Bill - Cowes looks a fabulous place on my google thingy-and
>>> nearish to Wimbledon heights (like me in Raynes Park) 'wog nose' is a new
>>> term to me perhaps would not be too pc here!!
>>> Cheers Patrick
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
>>> Sent: 30 May 2012 01:27
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Not very snappy wednesdsy snap
>>>
>>> Patrick,
>>>
>>> My poetryetc device has been removed.
>>> I am a free agent at Cowes.
>>>
>>> My Melbourne wife is off
>>> supporting her cancer-ridden father.
>>>
>>> I have the wog, nose
>>> streaming, fresh aloe vera tissues,
>>>
>>> daytime tv insinuating
>>> in the 'password provided' lounge.
>>>
>>> The queen can do no wrong,
>>> Hawkins needs a knee op,
>>>
>>> bullying is being dealt with
>>> by people with crossed legs in studio chairs.
>>>
>>> The ocean outside is white.
>>> Where does the sky begin?
>>>
>>> Inside I am cozened by white noise
>>> and false flamed gas heat.
>>>
>>> What will the afternoon bring
>>> or I to it?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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