I like the way the puns in 1 & 3 push the thing forward, Andrew....
keep that notebook active....
Doug
On 2011-10-25, at 10:58 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
> (My son lives an hour's bus trip out of Hong Kong central ((if there is such
> a thing)) so the birds do have somewhere to nest in the trees and bushes ...
> these are notes from my notebook)
>
> not a Nun Finch
> this sparrow
> seems to have
> joined their Order
>
> twittering her
> gratitude attitude
> etude as she
> pecks
> at potted plants ...
>
> (that li'l poem thingo is indented in my notebook but i can't do that in
> email, sorry)
>
> old man waves
> at the waitress
> as he walks by
>
> she returns his wave
> with a smile
>
> he picks his nose
> walks on
>
> another day
>
> *
>
> I look down at my feet -
> more vein writing
> on each ankle
>
> no need for
> translation
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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