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Buffalo grass actually, I've just remembered, Pat. Bill > On 15 Oct 2014, at 5:48 pm, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Cheers Bill sounds like your teeth are having a sharpening up-paspalum ? new > to me > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bill Wootton > Sent: 14 October 2014 21:43 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Negotiating with Management > > Dreamt a snake would clearly > > cut me off before I wriggled > > across itchy dry paspalum > > to the safety of brick steps > > on Grandma Beat's front veranda. > > > > So doubled back to confront, > > to parlay. I'm only eight. > > Can't we cut a deal here? > > My Bendigo Crossroads. > > Negotiated. > > > > And that pact has dogged me > > in all subsequent dealings > > with authority. Sure, I remain > > unbitten but whatever that > > offer comprised, toothlessed me. > > > > In some ways it's been good. > > I know I'll never be snake. > > But the pound of flesh exacted > > set up a chain of compromise > > that feels dirty to this day. > > >