I'm still digesting it. I'd love to hear you read it - to get the pace and emphasis and separation of phrasing. Like it. Andrew On 11 June 2014 20:07, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Cheers Bill P now dimmed > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bill Wootton > Sent: 10 June 2014 23:01 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: at 93 > > at 93 > > you learn > to park > your desire > > for company > so many friends > now dimmed > > new meets > no witnesses > to all you were > > tried and trues > address > your shoulder > > as if all > the others > might pop > > into sudden view > you no longer > enough > > bw > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Undercover of Lightness' http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html 'Shikibu Shuffle' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html