Yes, watched the whole show. I really find the term 'hippies' to be very
conservative with a condescending ring to it. How about an alternative,
along the lines of rock fans or some such?
(I'm an old Beatnik myself - complete with bongoes and turtle-neck jumper.)
Andrew
On 2 September 2016 at 14:57, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I see the squirrel's progress too, Max and like 'lump of pleasing shape'.
> Could drop some wire refs ad Doug says
>
> Bill
>
> On Thursday, 1 September 2016, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > The Squirrel’s Granary
> >
> > Climbing fast, look -
> > a squirrel braves the wire.
> > The tall wire-mesh fence
> > topped with barbed wire
> >
> > to deter all climbers
> > circles the entire
> > reservoir - higher
> > than the fabled hippies
> >
> > high on rock music
> > and whatever, who’d leave
> > the lawn, mount the parapet,
> > wade and swim till dawn.
> >
> > No more. This dry summer
> > the water’s mostly gone.
> > Only ducks for swimmers.
> > A threatening warning sign.
> >
> > Crows cluster nearby. Just a
> > squirrel nimble and silvery
> > shimmies up as if barbed
> > wire bore fruit or nuts.
> >
> > What’s it after? Near
> > the parapet some lump
> > of pleasing shape draws
> > it down and along.
> >
> > Back it comes now, jaws
> > clamped on whatever -
> > a gap low down
> > in the mesh lets it back -
> >
> > near me and my alerted
> > Labrador. Grip that leash.
> > Fall is in the air - where’s
> > the squirrel’s granary -
> >
> > met in my home country
> > only in poems? Our eyes trace
> > the squirrel’s quick track
> > into undergrowth and dark.
> >
> > [late August 2016, Volunteer Park,
> > Capitol Hill, Seattle]
> >
>
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