Thanks Gerald,
I esp like the idea of the first bee of the year. Here we often talk
about the first blow fly ('blowie') of summer.
Cheers,
Jill
On Thursday, April 6, 2006, at 08:50 AM, Gerald England wrote:
> Snap - April 5th 2006
>
> the new clock
> on the reconstructed
> mini-roundabout
> is stuck at 7 o-clock
>
> rescued from the fallen tower
> of the factory
> demolished in favour
> of an estate of yuppie houses
> its four faces
> seem forlorn
>
> in the taxi
> returning from the supermarket
> the first bee of the year
> buzzes lethargicaly
> unthreatening
> this cold spring day
>
> Gerald England
>
>
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