In the moment, & in that state of frightened anticipation, nicely caught, Bill…
Doug
> On Feb 26, 2020, at 2:36 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> ah yes Bill -sad times
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> On 25/02/2020 21:10, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Black Saturday
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>> i
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>> While we waited
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>> the earth rumbled
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>> We licked our lips
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>> eyes on the horizon
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>> What would it be first?
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>> Flaming embers, bright orange heat
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>> or the over-amplified sound of crackling branches?
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>> ii
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>> While we slept
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>> it murdered on
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>> in Strathewan, Marysville, St Andrews
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>> When my eyes flicked open myopically
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>> I thought the blowsy box-leaf canopy
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>> was a massive plume of smoke
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>> But it wasn’t. This time
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>> bw
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Douglas Barbour
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The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
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