Pat,
I got your post four times. It is well tuned up all right. The first is one of your best. Despite all those missing or bodgy things, good to hear of new readiness. Hope your end pin pulls through.
Take it the pause in The Present was not a pregnant one.
Cheers,
Bill
> On 8 Jan 2014, at 8:52 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> See if this posts-not coming through P:-(
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick McManus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 08 January 2014 08:59
> To: 'Poetryetc: poetry and poetics'
> Subject: pat snaps 609 %/%/%/%/%/%/ Wednesday, 08 January 2014
>
> Couple of seasonal snaps from Raynes Park
>
> TUNING UP
>
> after
> carefully
> tuning up
> my guitar
> I have decided
> to tune up
> for the new year
> my whole life
> but find that
> many of
> my strings
> are missing
> frets wobbling
> nut bent
> saddled splintered
> sound hole gaping
> neck warped
> tuning keys skewed
> bridge shattered
> pick guard flapping
> and as for my
> poor body
> top pitted
> full of worm
> it's cracked
> sides splitting
> and who knows
> what's happening
> to my end pin!
>
> pmcmanus
> r436
>
>
> THE PRESENT
>
> when she
> gave him
> the present
> of the packet
> labelled
> 'one hundred
> and twenty five
> assorted screws'
> he paused
> slightly before
> thanking her
>
>
> pmcmanus
> r442
>
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