Haha thanks Bill gave me a needed chuckle !!Patrick Headman
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Sent: 23 June 2015 23:24
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Subject: only knowing people by their heads
only knowing people by their heads
what they allow to shoot
above their collars
or to peep from under their hats
for their whole lives
utterances all that count
from their visible lips
or maybe squirms
or eyebrow lifts
who are people anyway?
the sum of exposed heads
and covered trunks
and brandished limbs?
what if we projected instead
soul-skins?
identifying emotional meters
rather than eyes and mouths
and postures?
imagine shopping
working
spending time
with family members
dating
dealing with strangers
how much depends every day
on how we register people's
privileged topmost bits?
bw
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