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Glad you've shaken the shiny curse, Ken. Like the suspended memories, Doug. Thanks too, worrn Pat. Bill On Wed, Sep 24th, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Oh, so works for me! Thank you, Doug. > > ken > > On 9/23/2014 2:30 PM, Douglas Barbour wrote: > > Ah, that, Ken. > > > > And in a little plastic bubble > > hangs the pocket watch > > he inherited from his father > > train conductor needing > > to be on time > > > > long stopped > > like them > > but memories > > hang there too > > > > Doug > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > >> My father's inheritance, or mine from him: > >> a gold Bulova, bought no doubt with household funds > >> because he fancied it like it was a woman > >> > >> and when he died, it passed to me and > >> I held to it until the day the upstairs plumbing > >> burst to make an end to it: not waterproof > >> > >> not shockproof and needing daily winding. > >> Like him and, I fear, like me who had > >> inherited it like a shiny curse. > >> > >> and there came an end to it. > >> > >> Ken > >> > >> On 9/23/2014 1:27 PM, Max Richards wrote: > >>> several nice turns of phrase and feeling here, Bill. > >>> At this point, however, I sense a chance of drama lost: > >>> > >>> Presented > >>> in a crimson Bullova box, > >>> the only surviving remnant, > >>> > >>> watch forgotten in squash > >>> change room long ago. > >>> > >>> Max in Seattle > >>> > >>> On Sep 23, 2014, at 11:48 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Grandma Beat gave it to me > >>>> for my tenth birthday, the dial, > >>>> the size of the new ten cent bit, > >>>> just right for my narrow wrist. > >>>> > >>>> Thin red second hand jerking > >>>> over solid black numbers, > >>>> luminous lime on gold > >>>> outlined other hands. > >>>> > >>>> Stiff brown leather band > >>>> with flimsy buckle. Presented > >>>> in a crimson Bullova box, > >>>> the only surviving remnant, > >>>> > >>>> watch forgotten in squash > >>>> change room long ago. > >>>> Box still in fine working order, > >>>> now contains badges, > >>>> > >>>> also once worn: The Clash, > >>>> No Nukes, Legalise It > >>>> and, already obsolete, > >>>> a pea-green iPod nano. > >>>> > >>>> Time was on everybody's > >>>> hands back then. Wrist ready. > >>>> Today digital numbers leap > >>>> from mobile phones. > >>>> > >>>> Does it mean anything > >>>> to anyone any more > >>>> to tap on your naked > >>>> wrist interrogatively? > >>>> > >>>> Grandma ran out of time > >>>> a year after gifting me. > >>>> The old box, having seen > >>>> off what it contained > >>>> > >>>> may yet outlive its > >>>> worn wearer. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> bw > > Douglas Barbour > > [log in to unmask] > > > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation > 2 (UofAPress). > > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > > > > that we are only > > as we find out we are > > > > Charles Olson > > > >