I do like it, too, grasshopper----whoever you are who are returning!
Chirs,
judy aka Omnia and joodles
> From: Joanna Boulter <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2006/01/08 Sun AM 06:57:37 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New sub: A Snapshot of the Ancestors
>
> Hello Grasshopper, good to see you here!
>
> I do like this, especially verse 2.
>
> best joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "grasshopper" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:39 AM
> Subject: New sub: A Snapshot of the Ancestors
>
>
> > A Snapshot of the Ancestors
> >
> > They stand on a shingle beach, brows furrowed
> > by the weight of the sky. The city is over the horizon,
> > a train's length away. Here the sea scent swells
> >
> > pale chests and small waves shiver their strangely
> > bare toes. I know that at the bottom of their lungs
> > London air lingers, smoke-grey and full of voices
> >
> > but gulls are calling, rowdy sirens, and they wear
> > holiday like a costume. They feast on skate and chips,
> > and candyfloss, feed pennies to the brash arcade,
> >
> > ride painted horses and circle in spoked planes till their guts
> > heave. Punch cudgels Judy while pierhead bands dispense
> > Strauss and Sousa. Their fun is as fixed as the sun.
> >
> >
> > (M.A.Griffiths)
>
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