That's a clear, active picture, Lawrence. I felt the splash! Andrew
On 25 April 2012 17:25, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Spats ! that's a word I have not read in ages
> P
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> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
> Sent: 25 April 2012 09:30
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> Subject: snap - Empty cafe courtyard
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> Rain has stretched the overhead awnings full,
> bellying them downwards under their loaded weights:
> it glitters and glints upward at a distance,
> fountaining the new thin brightness back into sky
> as if aware of its own appearance -
> long dangly earrings; that sort of show off;
> but it's windy; else there'd still be much cloud;
> and these suspended ponds are rocked, shortly,
> and ripped, splashing on to drying pavement,
> like an old man who is pissing in spats.
>
> -----
> Lawrence Upton
> Visiting Fellow, Music Dept,
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> New Cross, London SE14 6NW
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>
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Andrew
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