I thought you Poms used Dukes balls, Patrick. I've revamped this to make it
clearer, I hope.
Told 2
Bouncing and catching a ripe red Kookaburra
on the concrete garage floor as Dad planes
a piece of vice-clamped wood at his bench.
You know, he says, not lifting his eyes,
how they get cricket balls worn
to just the right degree
to replace duds or lost balls?
Get someone to do pretty much,
(plane) what you're doing right now.
Uh huh, I say, slipping
the slightly tarnished cherry
back in its box.
bw
28.6.17
Bill
On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 at 6:20 PM, Patrick McManus <
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> a Kookaburra here is a cricket ball -got bit confused -yes all that fine
> art of cricket (also not the insect!) nice picture
>
>
> On 28/06/2017 02:09, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > You know, says Dad, not lifting his eyes
> > from the vice-clamped piece of wood he is planing,
> > to the sound of the ripe red Kookaburra
> > I am bouncing and catching
> > on the concrete garage floor,
> > the way they get cricket balls worn
> > to just the right degree
> > to replace lost balls
> > is pretty much exactly
> > what you're doing.
> >
> > Uh huh, I say, slipping
> > the slightly tarnished cherry
> > back in its box.
> >
> > bw
>
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