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Thanks, Pat, Max, Doug. It's not so much the smothering, Pat. It's what to do with them all when space is often limited in a hotel room. We even stayed in a tiny cabin in a park with no ensuite and liitte fridge at the end of the bed but it still had mounds of surplus pillows. I'm with you, Doug: one small flat pillow for sleeping is all you need. As for pillow protestors, Max, well someone needs a bit of a soft slap in the boudoir world anyway. I mean we only have one head, a pillow helps by softening. But multi-pillowing doesn't multiply the comfort. It just gets in the way - and probably adds to your hotel bill. Bill On Wed, Jul 23rd, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ha I can identify with all these pillows -feel smothered in them cheers P > Pillowingly pillowed > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bill Wootton > Sent: 22 July 2014 22:08 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Pillows, pillows > > Pillows, pillows > > Where once > a brace of pillows > on a bed sufficed, > > now an extra pair > provide the chance > to drop and prop. > > But wait, > two more, > or four > > and garnished > with a cushion > or two, or more. > > What's with > this excess > of plumpery? > > You almost feel > you could, like Gatsby > with his shirts, > > just fling them > in the air, para- > phrasing Daisy: > > 'All > these > pillows.' > > bw > >