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Thanks, Sheila, Patrick, Doug. I’ve fiddled with this since, thinking the poem hadn’t earned its last line. Things we carry 3 When we step outside we are encumbered by more than clothes. A handbag a must or a wallet. Watch. For some, a knife. Pat pocket for keys and for pretty much everyone, a device. What else? Bring yesterday that pool of guilt. Chunk it in. As you gather stride, watch leaves twitch. bw Bill On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 1:02 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I like where it goes Bill, though I admit I seldom remember to carry coins > any more (& dont have a smart phone)… > > Doug > > > On Jun 5, 2019, at 1:54 AM, Patrick McManus < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > cheers Bill yes all that stuff -well put -P > > > > ps feel also that I have to carry myself these days -now off to doc! > > > > On 05/06/2019 04:13, Bill Wootton wrote: > >> Clothes not enough > >> > >> when we step outside. > >> > >> We must be encumbered. > >> > >> > >> Start with coins > >> > >> then cash, cards, wallet > >> > >> For some, a knife. > >> > >> > >> Pat pocket for keys > >> > >> and for pretty much everyone, > >> > >> a phone, a device. > >> > >> > >> What else? > >> > >> Bring yesterday, > >> > >> that pool of compromise. > >> > >> > >> Chunk it in. > >> > >> As you gather stride, > >> > >> leaves twitch. > >> > >> > >> bw > >> > >> ######################################################################## > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > Historical imagination gathers in the missing > > Susan Howe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1