hope you don't think my reply was frivolous, Patrick, it's not. In your piece the image is of love as a domestic pet, in mine it's of love as devotion at someone else's mess. Cheers david On 6 July 2017 at 20:16, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > cheers David > > > > On 06/07/2017 20:13, David Bircumshaw wrote: > >> LOVE >> >> is handwashing >> >> the stained snotrag >> >> of a poem's runny nose >> >> >> >> :) >> >> Dave >> >> On 5 July 2017 at 08:49, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> *LOVE* >>> >>> ** >>> >>> love is >>> >>> the soft >>> >>> wet nose >>> >>> of a poem >>> >>> /pmcmanus/ >>> >>> /s184/ >>> >>>