Dominic, I didn't see this except when Bill responded. I find this quite
compelling and appreciate the piece, both in terms of what it does and the
subject matter, woven so well.
Thanks, Sheila
On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 3:32 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> That’s some sort of tiredness, Dominic, when you dream of sleep. Other
> images of fire and frazzlement also work very well here. Not quite sure of
> the final oppositions of shade and shine.
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 9:54 pm, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Summer is not quite through with us. Somewhere
> > far off a patch of parched stubble ignites;
> > torrents rise suddenly, a fusillade
> > of lightning-strikes crazes the coastal sky.
> >
> > The South East London suburbs keep their peace,
> > good-humoured although humid. Unconditioned
> > air accumulates in bedroom offices.
> > Even my darting brain grows slovenly -
> >
> > not spacing-out but folding in, a migraine
> > signalling its onset. (And the children -
> > what are they up to now? One has just taken
> > seven teetering first-steps and a tumble;
> >
> > one has been cutting paper into scraps
> > and taping them together: her "invention"...)
> > I can't keep up. The CO2 has dulled me
> > down to near-houseplant levels. I need sleep
> >
> > so much I dream about it. Some underworld,
> > mundanity, from which one might emerge
> > as from a heap of paperwork or laundry;
> > whose shades forget, not totally, themselves
> >
> > and shine when summoned into company.
> >
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