Hey, that's just enough to let me fill in the picture and catch your drift
(as they say - whoever 'they' are). 'Offie' I didn't know, 'rill' I should
have known, and 'tyskie' is - a Polish beer (Aussies may talk of a XXXX or a
VB ... there's a local one called Little Critters ... maybe you could slip
the word 'beer' in next to it).
Thanks for the info, Roger.
Andrew
On 07/03/2008, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> rill: a rivulet, on land or moon
> tyskie: a polish beer (which I bought from the off-licence or offie,
> snug is the part of the pub which is generally small and warm, or
> snug) I happen to like which I was drinking with my takeaway
> field of the cloth of gold: I'm playing with collages made from the
> foil in cigarette papers, gold and silver. The EU treaty is also in
> the news, hence http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/clothofgold.htm
> integrated catalogues: is a conversation I'm having with myself about
> my art and what's required to "fit-in" with an institution, and
> whether or not it's worth doing.
>
> hope that doesn't spoil the mystery, I guess it needs reworking
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:51 PM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Roger - I hate to let this go unmentioned coz it has lots of energy and
> > imagery. I just can't get hold of its tone or attitude or point-of-view
> - I
> > seem out of the cultural mix it is involved in, although I do love and
> get
> > involved in these lines:
> >
> >
> > a nibs last stand
> > in the integrated catalogues of the night
> > fingers sticky with msg-laden gomph
> > weary with the weight of the world's biggest spring-roll
> > lays down to rest by the sound of the rippling rill
> >
> > Mystified a little by 'rippling rill', as I was by 'tyskie' and some
> other
> > bits - mystery is not such a bad thing ...
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 07/03/2008, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > the shredded beef was a little sticky
> > > the spring-roll as big as two fists wrapped in plaster
> > > the tyskie sweet, a little strong
> > > lace-curtain shiver to the slight breeze
> > > unregarded, a thankyou note from an institution serves to remind
> > > the ides are just around the corner
> > > plaguing the offie and the snug
> > > bending brushes over the lip of pond-green jam-jars
> > > making extravagant pens bustle and burst
> > > in the convenience store and the rotten-tooth graveyard
> > > yard-sticks are for measuring
> > > heinz ketchup is for chips
> > > plasticine people must rampage through the cupboard and onto the
> broad
> > > strokes
> > > the clock's last stand
> > > it's as if an army of two would play knock-down semantics
> > > in the field of the cloth of gold
> > > the silver nightmares of the limitless realms of fancy
> > > a nibs last stand
> > > in the integrated catalogues of the night
> > > fingers sticky with msg-laden gomph
> > > weary with the weight of the world's biggest spring-roll
> > > lays down to rest by the sound of the rippling rill
> > >
> > > --
> > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> > > "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue
> > > She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too"
> > > The Go-Betweens
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
> >
>
>
>
> --
> My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/
> "She went out with her paint box, paints the chapel blue
> She went out with her matches, torched the car-wash too"
> The Go-Betweens
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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