It was plain, but no numbers at my end, P.
I suspect most of us here (now) can feel for this, even if we dont really know much about snooker…
D
> On Jan 3, 2018, at 2:47 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> oops should be plain text sorry and numbered!!
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> Subject: patsnap ****************************************************
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 09:42:54 +0000
> From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> *SNOOKERED*
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> on his
>
> snooker table
>
> his snooker
>
> table of life
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> there seemed
>
> to be a
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> multitude
>
> of red balls
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> also numerous
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> yellow
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> blues
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> and greens
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> and then a
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> complete lack of
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> browns
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> pinks
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> and blacks
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> this apart from
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> the cue white
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> often absent
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> and as for
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> the bent cue!
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> missing tip!
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> and don’t
>
> mention
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> the state
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> of that ghastly
>
> nightmare
>
> table!
>
> /pmcmanus/
>
> /s240/
Douglas Barbour
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