Bill Trunks heave with history,
line I like it
On 31/05/2017 02:57, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Pack a trunk
> you're really going somewhere
>
> and not coming back any time soon,
> shifting house, shifting nation even
>
> or of course, you could be going nowhere,
> stashing no-longer-necessaries in the attic.
>
> No rolly trolleys, trunks co-existed
> with flat-bottomed metal rubbish bins,
>
> both capable of absorbing
> the roughest of treatments
>
> requiring finger clutching
> and sustained arm hefting.
>
> With their metal handles and flick latches,
> trunks were chunky rectangular cuboids,
>
> lockable, portable, sit-on-able,
> easily stackable and re-usable.
>
> Trunks could be labelled, ticketed,
> even compartmentalised.
>
> Store suits, shirts, socks, shoes,
> swimming trunks, boxing trunks,
>
> all manner of trousers,
> truncated or not.
>
> Trunks heave with history,
> hope and possibilities of movement.
>
> bw
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