Thanks, Patrick. We too moving towards locking down. 100 or fewer at
internal gatherings.
It is a bit long that first line. But as you say I wanted to let that
dressing line hang a bit before the wood line.
Bill
On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 8:51 am, Patrick McManus <
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> Hi Bill good to see a poem we are in sort of lock down here
>
> one of your old family poems -is first line a bit long and awkward (or
> is it just this old head cheers P
>
> or is there meant to be a confusion about dressing and wood ?
>
> On 17/03/2020 21:25, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > As I watch my father dressing
> >
> > a piece of wood
> >
> > gripped tight
> >
> > in his bench-vice
> >
> >
> > shavings piling
> >
> > at his feet
> > eyes trained
> >
> > on the blade path
> >
> >
> > he allows me a slice
> >
> > of thought
> >
> > You know ...
> >
> > he says
> >
> >
> > and soon
> >
> > I do
> >
> >
> > bw
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