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The days of the week are seven pits/ again we resurrect and the judges come On 14 May 2012 19:05, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Anomie what a useful word > Cheers Patrick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Dominic Fox > Sent: 14 May 2012 17:31 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Seven Pits: 14/05/2012 > > At last there is no resting place, no lasting > shelter from whipped-up crosswinds: to press on > is to be harried sideways. Try recasting > > rough lateral displacement as a passion > for deviation, willed obliquity > just itching to break off from the procession: > > I fidget so, which is not anomie > precisely but the usual way of wasting, > dispersing, unrequited energy. > -- David Joseph Bircumshaw "We are shallow, mababaw ang kaligayahan." -* F. Sionil José* Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/