Thanks, Doug and Pat. As you both say, a bit comic, a bit sad. Ran out of oomph this week.
Bill
> On 12 Mar 2015, at 2:42 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ah, to whom it this addressed, eh, Bill?
>
> Starts a bit comic & then….
>
> Doug
>> On Mar 10, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Retirement
>>
>> He was born for this.
>> Been retiring his whole life.
>> Withdrawing from expectations,
>> impositions.
>>
>> Not averse to company
>> but reluctant to join,
>> to step up.
>> Content to kick back.
>>
>> Opportunities rarely seized,
>> regrets unformed.
>> Days open up just wide
>> enough thank you.
>>
>> But then ...
>> No, there is no
>> but
>> then.
>>
>> bw
>
> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> There is no life that does not rise
> melodic from scales of the marvelous.
>
> To which our grief refers.
>
> Robert Duncan.
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