Bloody bewdy, Bill.
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On 26 November 2014 at 09:45, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is beautifully rendered, Bill. I appreciate it very much. The
> subtleties are felt deeply. Thanks. Sheila
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Surveying sculpture at McClelland
> > Outdoor Gallery, eyes down,
> >
> > appreciating Smalls, a line
> > of tiny metal personages
> >
> > arranged in sand, when
> > a slight kerfuffle behind
> >
> > announced the presence
> > of a trolley, golf cart really,
> >
> > ferrying three snowy-haired
> > types around the exhibits.
> >
> > Frostiest-haired front passenger
> > hunched and half-listening
> >
> > to his ferryman and guide
> > while his eyes fished about
> >
> > was Robert James Lee Hawke,
> > whose golden Nugget leather mug
> >
> > tricked my recognition receptors.
> > I don't know this man at all.
> >
> > Perhaps the surprise was seeing
> > that fleshy puppet in open air.
> >
> > Emerging from behind celluloid,
> > there in sun, all unscreened by tv.
> >
> > Before anyone, even if they
> > had felt inclined, so much
> >
> > as Hail Bobbed, the cart
> > rolled off behind a bush
> >
> > and Bob, stepdad apparently,
> > of an exhibitor, was gone.
> >
> > bw
> > 26.11.14
> >
> > * Australia's 23rd Prime Minister, 1983-91
> >
>
--
Andrew
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