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Thanks, Pa-trick, how reassuring. Antipodean Andre On 18 July 2012 17:22, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Andrew don't worry they are not talking about next week! you have billions > of years left and by then may have decamped > Cheers P cheering > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Andrew Burke > Sent: 18 July 2012 10:18 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: I've rung the council twice now - Wednesday snap > > A neat ending: > *Maybe it all starts here. > GPS calls all the shots. > Street signs are so...analogue. > * > I love/hate those science programs that prove the planet earth will one day > be no more, no less. Can I step off at the penultimate stop? > > Andrew > > > On 18 July 2012 17:13, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > So sad > > P sad > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > On Behalf Of Bill Wootton > > Sent: 17 July 2012 23:38 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: I've rung the council twice now - Wednesday snap > > > > I've rung the council twice now. > > The problem is > > I don't live anywhere any more. > > > > I still seem to inhabit. > > I walk through my doors, > > enter my rooms, > > > > even drive on my driveway > > but my driveway gives onto > > no street. > > > > Some careless car no doubt, > > (Some carless care perhaps) > > must have cleaned up the road sign. > > > > A neighbour saw the pole, > > with white sign akimbo, > > lying in stones, she said. > > > > But when I checked, > > only the dirt crater remained > > as evidence. > > > > It's been two weeks now. > > The crater is closing over, > > classification memory dimming. > > > > Maybe it all starts here. > > GPS calls all the shots. > > Street signs are so...analogue. > > > > Bill Wootton > > 18 July, 12 > > > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/