Thanks Sheila, Bill, Andrew, Patrick. As I type, CBC radio carrying a piece on chronic pain.
A ‘snap’ because a quick thought, & only going so far… & yeah, I hope form pushes content, P.
Doug
> On Jun 15, 2017, at 12:16 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Doug the broken up form /subject for me fits well cheers P
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> On 14/06/2017 19:24, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>> pain is so personal
>> unless it’s so public
>> it’s something more than pain
>>
>> all those bodies in
>> or beyond it
>> we feel for & at
>> that distance do not _feel_
>>
>> & our own a cut a punch
>> or something more
>> & longer lasting
>>
>> that _hurts_ that
>> haunts our nights
>> physical presence
>> in the body
>>
>> & so in the mind
>> until it’s over
>>
>> gone & only
>> remembered as like
>>
>> until the next time
>> when it’s new & sore
>> all over again
>>
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
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>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>
>>
>> I go down to the Twilight Arcade
>> and watch the Martian invaders,
>> already appalled by our language,
>> pointing at what they want.
>>
>> Bill Manhire
Douglas Barbour
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https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
I go down to the Twilight Arcade
and watch the Martian invaders,
already appalled by our language,
pointing at what they want.
Bill Manhire
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