I saw a number of trunks when I was a scavenger on Curl Curl tip when I was
19, so this calls up memories a plenty, Bill!
Andrew
On 31 May 2017 at 14:28, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill, this piece hefts hefts even perception retrospectively. The musings
> on the shapes lull us into a natural reflective trance.
>
> Very well done!
>
> On May 30, 2017 11:21 PM, "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> 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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Andrew
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