“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head –
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
“In my youth,” Father William replied to his son,
“I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I’m perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.”
On Apr 23, 2015, at 0:22, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Interesting. I'm almost always on touchpad, Andrew. I think my condition has been exacerbated by prolonged Iyengar headstands. I'm righting myself now.
>
> Bill
>
> On 23/04/2015, at 1:47 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>
>> Yes, Bill, a good one for flow and exposure. All capped off with that last
>> line.
>>
>> I had to change from mouse to touchpad once, just to ease the pain in the
>> back of my hand. I tried using my left hand but I was far too clumsy and
>> slow that way!
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On 23 April 2015 at 11:21, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, I know a little of what you speak.
>>>
>>> And great last line.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22/04/2015, at 8:16 AM, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Impingement
>>>>
>>>> like a malignant electric drizzle,
>>>> sets off down your forearm,
>>>> stuttering, vibrating.
>>>>
>>>> Reaches, pulses, extends beyond
>>>> fingertips, especially
>>>> the middle finger.
>>>>
>>>> At other times it jolts, sends off
>>>> surges of uneven calibre. A flat
>>>> smattering spreads the jangling,
>>>>
>>>> colonising the back of your hand.
>>>> Then rare hiatus as though it's gone,
>>>> in a narrow range of positions,
>>>>
>>>> or a vaguely insistent, not unpleasant
>>>> tingling thrum. But move a certain way,
>>>> and feel a controlled, firm pressing down.
>>>>
>>>> No loss of strength as such
>>>> but you know the zap lurks,
>>>> will announce its forearm assault
>>>>
>>>> when it cares to. Like when you sit
>>>> at table or grip a steering wheel:
>>>> fine hot glass shards under skin.
>>>>
>>>> Sleep torpedoed nightly.
>>>> Your arm is no longer your own.
>>>> You dream of chopping wood.
>>>>
>>>> bw
>>>> 22.4.15
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
>>
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