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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/