Kimchi, perhaps.
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid,
but most stupid people are conservatives."
--John Stuart Mill
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On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> Bill is there anything deeper than romance ?????
> P
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 21 November 2012 20:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: About to emerge snap
>
> Could be romance, Pat, could be deeper and wider than she would like.
>
> Bill
>
> On 22/11/2012, at 3:23 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Cheers Bill I wonder what those wider matters were that she was taking
> in?
> > aha could it be romance??
> > P
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> > Sent: 20 November 2012 21:16
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: About to emerge snap
> >
> > About to emerge
> > through a spring-latch door
> > on to the shopping street,
> > he suddenly remembers;
> > her muesli. Where is it?
> > Wait here, he says,
> > to his endearingly
> > dumpy-faced, red-haired,
> > trusting companion.
> >
> > In the street, he strides,
> > retracing footsteps
> > towards the upper
> > milkbar on the other side.
> > But he doesn't need
> > to go that far.
> > There the muesli is,
> > untampered-with,
> > in its clear plastic sheathing,
> > sitting on an old postbox.
> >
> > Now the two walk together,
> > he announcing this is East Ivanhoe,
> > she nodding slowly, accepting.
> > Which way should I now go,
> > he wonders: past the primary school
> > or up Robin Hood Road?
> > They met at work in the office,
> > only a week ago and now
> > he's walking her home,
> > the long way.
> >
> > Outside his house, the Catalpa,
> > huge leaves bearing the marks
> > of autumn; one leaf is emblem
> > of all seasons, edged deep green,
> > flecked with orangy-yellow
> > and thorough crimson at its
> > heart. See it, he says.
> > She nods dumbly, she is still
> > taking in wider matters.
> >
> > In the front yard, good,
> > his promised car, is there,
> > albeit leaf-covered,
> > nestled under the willow tree.
> >
> >
> > Bill Wootton
> > 21November 12
> >
>
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