Well, they're trained for it
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On Mon, April 18, 2011 17:25, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Visually arresting, Lawrence.
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> Doug
> Quoting "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>:
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>> Three large dogs gather over northern Deptford,
>> side by side, odd steps, up and down, skew-whiff, a furry staircase
>> heavily, panting.
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>> They go still then, seemingly lying on the air,
>> expressionless. They neither bite nor growl. And then they start to
>> disintegrate.
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>> One head
>> just goes, leaving the neck open, terminal. Front paw pairs shatter as if
>> they’re missile hit. A neck bends like a vacuum cleaner tube
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>> drawing on dust and cloud through severing skin; shoulders follow it
>> down, distorting too, while the still-connected skull hangs below,
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>> each jaw lax and separate; the teeth glitter as they wobble in indirect
>> sunlight. And finger tips we cannot see pluck eyes.
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>> collaborative visual work:-
>> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
>> http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
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>> Lawrence Upton
>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
>> Dept of Music
>> Goldsmiths, University of London
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> Douglas Barbour
> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> Edmonton Alberta T6G 0B9
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> That’s not a cross look it’s a sign of life
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> Frank O’Hara
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collaborative visual work:-
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/upton-begbie.html
http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/begbie-upton.html
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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