Thanks, Pat. Yeh, they're buggers like that, books.
Bill
On 12/08/2015, at 5:43 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
> Bill this speaks to me -my place is full especially of books- they arrive settle and nest -demand new shelves !!cheers P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 11 August 2015 22:47
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> Subject: Mad Stuff
>
> Stuff sneaks up on you, squats, settles, millstones.
> Shifting stuff, trudgesome, fraught with unpredictability.
>
> Madness cassette, worth �35 to some Pom I've never met.
> INXS tape in a flip-top box wings its way to Belgium.
>
> Shintaro in purple tunic, brandishing sword left-handedly,
> on creased cardboard card starts an eBay bidding frenzy.
>
> But do you reckon anybody'll take this comfy chair?
> 27 views on Gumtree but no takers. Nor for the old fridge
>
> - still chills to the bone but who will travel, who heft?
> Washing machine, top-loader, clarifies but will not entice.
>
> Nor can a solid queen bed attract prone potentiality.
> Anti-capitalism thrives. Stuff, once it hits house, moulders.
>
> Only knick-knacks move. Hang on: a phone call -
> Someone wants my analog TV - good for video games.
>
> What's a fair price for televisual retrocity. How's free
> sound? Sounds good, he says. Finally, some vacancies
>
> opening up, carpet spaces clearing. A Chinese takes
> a juicer and microwave for $100 and eyes off a water tank!
>
> Stuff comes in as light as a breeze, assumes its place.
> Asked politely to leave, it sulks, limpets, looms.
>
> Stuff this stuff. Feel the stuffing knocked out of me.
> At least redgum whittles down to comforting coals.
>
> bw
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