I find no spots here. I like it's gentle exposure and its meandering yet
focused balance. And the gentle playfulness of NOT peering down Penny's
shirt! :-)
Andrew
On 7 July 2016 at 10:31, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Fascinating spotty stuff, Max, though perhaps doesn't need so much context,
> as Doug says.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wednesday, 6 July 2016, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Spots
> >
> > My son arrives from Tokyo
> > via Mullumbimby. Together
> > briefly after two years away
> > we settle in my hotel cafe
> > comparing notes and selves.
> >
> > What will Andrew make of my aging?
> > To his ward, Penny, he observes:
> > ‘Dad and I have identical
> > facial moles - see.’ Touching
> > his left sideburn and mine.
> >
> > Young Penny exclaims: ‘this
> > runs in my family!’ and starts
> > touching where relatives
> > and she develop spots,
> > beauty spots in her case.
> >
> > I mustn’t lean forward
> > peering into her shirt.
> > Son and I had better not start
> > exposing our blemished chests.
> > My mind recoiling reverts
> >
> > to last week’s medical -
> > gung-ho young Dr Young
> > of MediSeven down the road
> > ran his expert eye everywhere
> > distinguishing harmless Spots
> >
> > (many dozens) from Worries
> > (none just now, thanks!), saying
> > ‘even the pale soles of your feet!
> > I remind people dark-skinned
> > Bob Marley succumbed.
> >
> > No melanoma - yet.’
> > As we part, son says:
> > ‘you’re OK, fit, alert!
> > Unlike my school friend now
> > dementing - early onset’.
> >
> > So, we’d checked each other out.
> >
> > Melbourne, July 2016
>
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