ouglas ! great name
On 17/01/2018 21:07, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Thanks, ouglas.
> ill
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 at 3:07 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> And got his tone down, ill. It’s a they, all in one, & that’s a sad
>> insight impressed into writing here…
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>> On Jan 17, 2018, at 2:55 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Andrew, Sheila, Patrick. I’m none of these guys, Patrick but I
>> did
>>> work with such a guy.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 at 8:51 pm, Patrick McManus <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bill sad last line -still most of us here are enjoying wonderfully
>>>> thrilling lives over achieving the works!!!!
>>>>
>>>> even writing poems -which guy are you???:-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16/01/2018 21:37, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>>>> Some guys have all the luck
>>>>>
>>>>> Other guys get what’s left over
>>>>>
>>>>> after your mother spirits
>>>>>
>>>>> you and your brother away
>>>>>
>>>>> from the caravan in pre-dawn
>>>>>
>>>>> leaving your shadowy father
>>>>>
>>>>> to his amber bottle rituals
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some guys become many guys
>>>>>
>>>>> each with separate names
>>>>>
>>>>> back stories and different
>>>>>
>>>>> share house postal addresses
>>>>>
>>>>> awaiting the arrival of packages
>>>>>
>>>>> from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some risks beat other risks
>>>>>
>>>>> like squirming on plane seats
>>>>>
>>>>> with condoms of contraband
>>>>>
>>>>> awaiting home disbursement
>>>>>
>>>>> after unforeseen flight delays
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some bet big when their luck is in
>>>>>
>>>>> Marry well enough, travel safe,
>>>>>
>>>>> buy a fat house, land a fat job
>>>>>
>>>>> learn guitar, have kids
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Some lines you draw in sand
>>>>>
>>>>> Don’t scab on your mates
>>>>>
>>>>> Stay union strong
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Conditions toughen
>>>>>
>>>>> Get picked off
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Phfft
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Start again, accept
>>>>>
>>>>> marching orders
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sell house, take skills
>>>>>
>>>>> to China. Lingo up.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hack it out
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Remarry. Vasectomise
>>>>>
>>>>> Ease down with amber and green
>>>>>
>>>>> Keep a lid on it. Don’t even think
>>>>>
>>>>> about how it might have been
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> bw
>> Douglas Barbour
>> [log in to unmask]
>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>> 2 (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> Listen. If (UofAPress):
>>
>>
>> Swept snow, Li Po,
>> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
>> to the road that hies to office
>> away from home.
>>
>> Lorine Niedecker
>>
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