So very Oz (& of course so many other places not Americas), Bill. I read ‘cricket’ in the title as the bug, of course, being canuck. Got it eventually…
Doug
On Jul 15, 2014, at 5:21 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Cricket waiters
>
> Waitresses in black shifts, working shifts
> and white-shirted, black-dacked waiters
> in restaurants, channelling cricketers.
>
> All action, poise and balance one minute,
> before movement arrested, orders taken,
> arms shouldered and then ... the waiting
>
> for the next delivery, like batsmen who launch
> into strokes, tear off down the pitch, then stop,
> pause, before facing up again. Chin to chin.
>
> And in down time, apparent affability reigns.
> Unlike in the kitchen which is pure rugby,
> full-on elbow grease till the bell rings.
>
> bw
>
Douglas Barbour
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Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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