Thanks, Doug, Max, Jill, Andrew, Pat. Blop seemed to describe the splayed squat position as seen from a
hurtling TGV. Plop would have sounded too slight I thought. To blop you need weight.
On Sat, Sep 29th, 2012 at 12:54 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Joining general praise, & query about 'blop'...
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> Doug
> On 2012-09-28, at 4:15 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Very cowy Bill what's blop? And we get two blops cheers P
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> > Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> > Sent: 27 September 2012 17:21
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: snap eurolate
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> > White cattle blop,
> > occupying ground,
> > spreading out and inhabiting,
> > creating flopped-down shade,
> > tails whisking independently
> > like flicking random whips
> > from their dead weight blop positions.
> > Still a sense of mooching;
> > they must be aware of their
> > fellows, similarly splayed.
> > Overturned milk runs only so far
> > before arresting itself;
> > these white cows are edged,
> > stretched skin gaunting
> > on angular bones,
> > indifferent massive heads
> > turning, gazing
> > from spilt milk torsos.
> >
> > Bill Wootton
> > 27.9.12
> >
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