Back to the bush (watch) ballad, Bill? Good fun…
Doug
> On Jan 31, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Love this, Bill
>
> On Jan 30, 2018 3:27 PM, "Bill Wootton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Head out at lunch
>>
>> down all those steps at the G
>>
>> The pair of us opt
>>
>> for the base of a tree
>>
>>
>>
>> Hoe into croissants,
>>
>> slurp our iced coffees
>>
>> Peel off gold watch
>>
>> all sweaty on me
>>
>>
>>
>> Head back on up
>>
>> for the session till tea
>>
>> How long to go now?
>>
>> My wrist oddly free
>>
>>
>>
>> Oh no, must have left it
>>
>> back down at that tree
>>
>> Bolt off in panic
>>
>> What a blockhead I be
>>
>>
>>
>> Check on the woodchips
>>
>> Oh no I can’t see
>>
>> my watch in the spot
>>
>> I search desperately
>>
>>
>>
>> among all the litter
>>
>> at the base of the tree
>>
>> Two picnicking girls
>>
>> agree to help me
>>
>>
>>
>> They fossick and sympathise
>>
>> but we all turn up zip
>>
>> How did I allow
>>
>> my mind to so slip
>>
>>
>>
>> This lightweight nude wrist
>>
>> flaps around in the park -
>>
>> Oh hang on what’s this,
>>
>> clipped neatly on bark
>>
>>
>>
>> Hallelujah, my watch
>>
>> has ris from the dead
>>
>> Thanks some Samaritan
>>
>> May you sleep well in bed
>>
>>
>>
>> And now if you ask
>>
>> have I got the time
>>
>> I’ll say yes I have
>>
>> thanks to intervention divine
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
|