Great job, Bill. Even better! Sheila
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 6:50 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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