... and something rotten there no doubt. Thanks, Pat. On 12/06/2013, at 7:14 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ah yes reminds me of when I lived at first in Denmark -the change of > state/frustration of not fully understanding and the delight of being an > outlander!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bill Wootton > Sent: 11 June 2013 23:16 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Tourist Bubble snap > > Languageless > moving > from situation > to situation > on the basis > of visual cues, > fingerfuls > of loose change > and gooby smiling. > > Everything you thought > important, everything > which defines you > as adult > has been bound up in being > understandable. > Now you're the muggins. > Almost adrift. > > But for your Mastercard. >