Thanks again, Sheila.
Bill
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:49 pm, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Thanks, Sheila.
>
> I am aware that Doug might be right about redundancies so I have revamped
> as follows.
>
> Small world (2)
>
>
>
> We look at the world once, in childhood
>
> The rest is memory
>
> – Louise Gluck
>
>
>
> Primary school seemed so HUGE then. How can you be sure anything is EVER
> its real size?
>
> – David Mitchell
>
>
>
> Bailed up by the quick-fire barks
>
> of a black and white dog
>
> bursting towards me
>
> bouncing with hostility
>
> I struggle to clamber up the back doorstep
>
> – the only available refuge
>
> so high up
>
> Its up-ness all that matters
>
>
>
> Panning back
>
> inside this memory frame
>
> the unpaved yard appears
>
> the chooks somewhere near
>
> the concrete step
>
> dwarfing the boy
>
> unable to reach
>
> the door knob
>
> even if standing up were possible
>
>
>
> At the time no frame
>
> just present tense
>
>
>
> Stuff just happens
>
> to you and around you
>
> when you are small
>
> The dog episode
>
> just retrievable enough
>
> to form a slim anecdote
>
> and a lifetime's phobia
>
>
>
> bw
>
> 16.11.20
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 10:05 am, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Boy, can I ever relate to what you do here, Bill. Having many of the same
>> feelings. Particularly positioning early perception as you do.
>>
>> Thanks! Sheila
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:23 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Dead right I don’t, Doug. But I shared a house with someone in my 20s
>> who
>> > had a Rottweiler pup, the runt of the litter. As it grew, my phobia
>> shrank
>> > and now I am largely OK, at least with non-barking dogs.
>> >
>> > As far as redundancies, I already pared back considerably to avoid
>> > explicating Gluck’s observation but I will look again.
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 9:06 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > I’m guessing you don’t have a dog, Bill. You certainly get across teh
>> > > hugeness of it all perhaps with a few redundancies, but it gives us a
>> > > memory check (cheque) for sure.
>> > >
>> > > Doug
>> > >
>> > > > On Nov 17, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > We look at the world once, in childhood
>> > > >
>> > > > The rest is memory
>> > > >
>> > > > – Louise Gluck
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Primary school seemed so HUGE then. How can you be sure anything is
>> > EVER
>> > > > its real size?
>> > > >
>> > > > – David Mitchell
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Under attack -
>> > > >
>> > > > get away get away
>> > > >
>> > > > A barking
>> > > >
>> > > > black and white dog
>> > > >
>> > > > bursts forward open-mouthed
>> > > >
>> > > > front paws ploughing at the ground
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Struggle to clamber up the step
>> > > >
>> > > > – the only available refuge
>> > > >
>> > > > so high up
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Dim possibility
>> > > >
>> > > > of being bitten
>> > > >
>> > > > but more
>> > > >
>> > > > just want away
>> > > >
>> > > > from abrupt
>> > > >
>> > > > angry-sounding
>> > > >
>> > > > quick-firing loudness
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > See the scene now
>> > > >
>> > > > in a memory frame
>> > > >
>> > > > Pan back -
>> > > >
>> > > > there, the unpaved yard
>> > > >
>> > > > the chooks somewhere near
>> > > >
>> > > > the massive - concrete? - step
>> > > >
>> > > > – the way up to the back door
>> > > >
>> > > > from the back yard
>> > > >
>> > > > Too short to reach
>> > > >
>> > > > the door knob
>> > > >
>> > > > even if standing up were possible
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > At the time no frame
>> > > >
>> > > > just present tense –
>> > > >
>> > > > bailed up by the bark
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > What size that step?
>> > > >
>> > > > A vast plateau?
>> > > >
>> > > > Its up-ness all that mattered
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Stuff just happens
>> > > >
>> > > > to you and around you
>> > > >
>> > > > when you are small
>> > > >
>> > > > The dog episode
>> > > >
>> > > > just retrievable enough
>> > > >
>> > > > to form a slim anecdote
>> > > >
>> > > > and a lifetime's phobia
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > bw
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Douglas Barbour
>> > > [log in to unmask]
>> > > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>> > >
>> > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations &
>> Continuations
>> > > 2 (UofAPress).
>> > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>> > > Listen. If (UofAPress):
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation,
>> > > and rioting.
>> > >
>> > > Sir Charles Petrie
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
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