Maybe a bit of a riddle, Bill, but many answers I suspect.
Nah, I wanted that question to be reflexive I guess…
Ta
Doug
> On Dec 22, 2016, at 2:24 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> If this is a riddle, Doug, I'm guessing TV? Should line one be 'how to
> speak to'? and 13 'as empty'?
>
> Bill
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> On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 at 7:13 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> how speak to
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>> the absence
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>> that never listens
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>> cannot hear
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>> a word they say
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>> it hovers head height
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>> & swallows all sound
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>> & light
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>> a mess a beam
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>> me up scotches
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>> only the negative
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>> space for rent
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>> for rants aa empty
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>> as every word
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>> repeated
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>> ad nauseam
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>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
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>>
>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>>
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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>> Venerable Optimist
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>> He saw the dark as a ragged garment
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>> spread out to air.
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>> Through its rents and moth-holes
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>> the silver light came pouring.
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>>
>> Denise Levertov
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>>
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Venerable Optimist
He saw the dark as a ragged garment
spread out to air.
Through its rents and moth-holes
the silver light came pouring.
Denise Levertov
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