Yep, much more betterer, Bill,
But I love dogs - all dogs - It might be because I had a playmate when I
was tiny. My Indonesian daughter in law HATES dogs, which can cause
problems ...
Andrew
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 09:59, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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