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I'm worrying over George - but I guess he always got left out. These days such a thing would be made in China, for all the obvious reasons, not Melbourne. I understand why it is precious :-) J ________________________ Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" To: Cc: Sent:Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:12:37 +1100 Subject:Beatles Mug snap Ode to a Beatles Mug O tatty sixties busted cup, you'll do, even if hot chocolate you hold no more. Circumscribed by boys with slim ties and suits, your faded plastic still showcases the Fab Four. A florin-sized slit chunk of your wide white lip rim is gone, above gooby Ringo, whose jewel-heavy hands are together laid. Vain, unspectacled Lennon stares below. Paul's polite grey crewneck buries his tie. You still bear your understamp, in Melbourne made. Once a showbag trinket, a throwaway, now collectable, forty eight years on. Each year passing, looks more like Yesterday. We loved The Beatles, especially John, before he Imagined so naively. In a pre-decimal Australia, other mega-pop stars with uncoiffed hair appeared on all sorts of paraphernalia. But it's these mop tops we embraced so keenly and this mug has survived its wear and tear. Bill Wootton 28 November 12