Patrick, You're more than welcome. I'll be back in touch in a week or so. I've got a holiday coming up first. Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Mc Manus" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:29 PM Subject: Re: snap-Bass > That parquet flaw!! > Thai bride to be > Tenderiing memories > Thanks Tina > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and > poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tina Bass > Sent: 12 July 2006 11:21 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: snap-Bass > > Pirbright Camp* > > > inside each one plastique > mould round parquet flaw > electric sheened > in keeping time > sofas & women bound - > bright orange flower > arrangements > > night-time glints > military jeeps > > they've come to take... > > no, not him tonight - someone > else stepped out of line > beat his wife > too noisily > > so quiet > > so quietly glass skitters over nylon > > another window broken > > blame the manufacturers > for not building strong enough > British Standard used to mean > something > you know > back then > > when? > > when > > MP's like Frank > in Sierra Leone > dealt justice to terrorists > so they'd understand > he hung one by its ankles > put it on slow burn > while still alive > it died > > tenderising memories now > his Thai soon-bride-to-be (32) > she knows that he could get > much younger if he tried but > he never screws young girls > or swears - no loud tattoos > > so he says > > quickening > > moves closer to Gotama every day > > > > > > *Residential area for British soldiers and their families (close to > Aldershot, England) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > [log in to unmask] >