Sprung! You're right of course, Patrick. Yhanks for pointing out what should have been so obviois to me. What was I doing back in a school toilet after having retired from teaching after twenty eight years only lasy year.
Bill
On 07/11/2012, at 11:20 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill not that nevermore raven??
> Cheers Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 06 November 2012 20:47
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> Subject: Intruder snap
>
> Please note, Doug, complete excision of the perpendicular pronoun, below!
>
>
> Intruder
>
> Purposeful, fussy even,
> sounds of scraping,
> starting and stopping.
> From without, not in here
> in the middle cubicle.
>
> Aloneness interrupted.
>
> There it goes again;
> shuffle, scratch,
> knock. What?
> Outside but close.
>
> Business finished,
> twirl, click, out.
> Eyes dart. Skitter.
> Look up.
>
> A shadow looms,
> blots the sun.
> In silhouette,
> dark feet adjust,
> re-admit light.
>
> Liquid swirl.
>
> On the roof,
> in a rain puddle
> in the warped skylight,
> a crow makes his nest.
>
>
> Bill Wootton
> 7 November 12
>
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