The declarative sentences carry a certain weight Bill. But I don’t quite get the context: is this a bit of ethnological study, or…?
Doug
On Sep 30, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The kids all carried large open shells.
> His mother died the day before.
> The Papuan bark boat leaked.
>
> Today his daughter had a baby girl.
> He stood up in the front of the boat.
> Yesterday he told his mother the girl was born.
>
> The kids bailed like buggery with the shells.
> He told his mother they'd named her Ada.
> He shafted the fish and hauled it in.
>
> He told his mother Ada was named after her.
> Each fresh fish roiled on the boat bottom.
> This morning they named the girl Indiana.
>
> The boat lay heavier in the water.
> The kids bailed harder.
> They turned for shore.
>
> bw
> 21.9.14
>
Douglas Barbour
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