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
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> 2 (UofAPress).
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>
> 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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