Bloody freezing, Pat. -2 this morning here in the hills.
Bill
On 10/07/2013, at 5:35 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Sounds like winter hitting dear old Melbourne-my stepdaughter is just
> returning there -from really hot Raynes Park-phew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 09 July 2013 23:05
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> Subject: Snap and snapette
>
> Snap and snapette
>
> Temperature Contest
>
> Cold's not like hot.
> You can withdraw when icy,
> imagine temperateness,
> even as your core closes down.
>
> Heat involves fully,
> inhabits you,
> overflows, pours
> through your pores.
>
> Part of you realises
> when cold, that warm
> is a possibility,
> however remote.
>
> But overall I'd rather be hot.
> Cold 's too close to death.
> Cool, dry intake? Better
> warm, moist breath.
>
>
> Found Friday night footy poem
>
> found some space
> had more time than he knew
> feeding forwards
> an inverted torp-looking thing
> that's home if it's got the wheels
>
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