Thanks Bill my penneth? I would finish on gawk
On 09/06/2020 23:52, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Metaphorically rich and in fact replete with meaning, Bill. Thank you.
> Sheila
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 3:40 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> The great man waits in the car
>>
>> The great man waits in the car outside
>>
>> The great man waits in the car outside with his wife
>>
>> It is my doing
>>
>>
>> The great man had knocked on the door
>>
>> The great man had stood on the threshold with his wife
>>
>> The great man and his wife had retreated
>>
>> when I said they’d be home soon
>>
>>
>> I hadn’t felt able to invite the great man and his wife
>>
>> into the house to wait for those they wanted to see
>>
>> so the great man and his wife waited in the car
>>
>> while I kept moving, window checking from time to time
>>
>>
>> It might have been twenty minutes before they arrived,
>>
>> those the great man and his wife had come to see
>>
>> Now all were gathered in the front room,
>>
>> the griffin, his great partner, the greeters and the gawk
>>
>>
>> The great man’s wife is dead now
>>
>> His visiting days are over
>>
>> Last week the great man was elevated
>>
>>
>> to the ultimate service title
>>
>> He would at least have been offered
>>
>> a cup of coffee inside while waiting
>>
>>
>> bw
>>
>>
>> My question for all is does it need the last two stanzas which I added this
>> morning?
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
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