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'tats' = tattoos, a graffiti applied to the body. A On 24 March 2010 16:51, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Spare a thought for those who > sleep in doorways and under bridges > > I think about these thanks Andrew > Are tats graffiti? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of andrew burke > Sent: 24 March 2010 05:59 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: snap: storm > > STORM > > Heaviest downpour in fifty years > floods the dry gutters, brittle leaves > block the down pipes > and rain backs up to flow down > inside glass of sliding doors > and kitchen windows. Once, only > the wealthiest of homeowners > had water sculptures > like these – my humour > proves water soluble > as towels prove no levee > and we walk barefoot > as beachcombers, room to > room, turning off > fridge, fans, computers, TV, > lamps, safety switched now > from light to dark. We’re lucky. > The coastline was hit worst, > universities and hospitals > pitted and torn, traffic beached > on its own islands, libraries > swimming in mud > and waist-high waters. > > * > > _the morning after …_ > > > Excited news on social networks > of vehicles pitted like golfballs, > mudslides into luxury city apartments, > Premier declaring the storm > a Natural Disaster – keeping his shoes > clean by walking the driest paths – > TV news reporting the reportage > of Facebook users, folded in > narrative PoMo style, > furry footage and hysterical audio. > > Not so much excitement in this town > since last footy finals. Men climbing > walls onto rooftops, sealing skylights, > ants at their nest; schools mopping up, > preparing doorstop lessons on > Climate Change and Nature’s Fury. > > * > > The Bassendean Shopping Centre – > Proudly Hawaiian – copped > a bucketing. Coles Supermarket > ceiling fell in; the Vietnamese > fruit and veg shop, Australia Post > and The Centre Café all > flooded to kneehigh level. > Yellow jacketed workmen swarm > the roof, wasps at their nest, > and the Indian trolley man compares > disaster stories with the woman > with a fag in her mouth > and a mixed exhibition of tats > on every exposed surface. > ‘Fuckin hell, what’d you do then?!’ > Magic Happens yesterday > replaced by Shit Happens > today. That’s the way it is. > > Spare a thought for those who > sleep in doorways and under bridges > as State Emergency volunteers race by > to plug up damaged domiciles > and insurance assessors take snaps > and key in their findings. > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2764 - Release Date: 03/22/10 > 19:44:00 > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html