Yours is worse than mine, Bill, but I get that forgetting & not hearing it. Nicely related to youth, & that loss too.
Doug
> On Dec 25, 2019, at 10:57 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> cheers Bill best of luck with the forgetting -sympathies had it occasionally myself -no escape!
>
> On 25/12/2019 06:22, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> catch that buzz
>>
>> lying in bed
>>
>> filling the room
>>
>>
>>
>> like the zing
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>> of a party next door
>>
>> heard through a wall
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>>
>>
>> a constant current
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>> all deeds attended
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>> by aural shadow
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>>
>>
>> at thirteen
>>
>> I faced the dark
>>
>> head pressed to a musical pillow
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>>
>>
>> cigarette pack sized tranny
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>> tinkling through rubber foam
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>> of a white room with black curtains
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>>
>>
>> now the white whirr
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>> only goes away
>>
>> when I forget about it
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>>
>>
>> bw
>>
>> 25.12.19
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