So sad
P sad
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Bill Wootton
Sent: 17 July 2012 23:38
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Subject: I've rung the council twice now - Wednesday snap
I've rung the council twice now.
The problem is
I don't live anywhere any more.
I still seem to inhabit.
I walk through my doors,
enter my rooms,
even drive on my driveway
but my driveway gives onto
no street.
Some careless car no doubt,
(Some carless care perhaps)
must have cleaned up the road sign.
A neighbour saw the pole,
with white sign akimbo,
lying in stones, she said.
But when I checked,
only the dirt crater remained
as evidence.
It's been two weeks now.
The crater is closing over,
classification memory dimming.
Maybe it all starts here.
GPS calls all the shots.
Street signs are so...analogue.
Bill Wootton
18 July, 12
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