... and something rotten there no doubt. Thanks, Pat.
On 12/06/2013, at 7:14 PM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ah yes reminds me of when I lived at first in Denmark -the change of
> state/frustration of not fully understanding and the delight of being an
> outlander!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> Sent: 11 June 2013 23:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Tourist Bubble snap
>
> Languageless
> moving
> from situation
> to situation
> on the basis
> of visual cues,
> fingerfuls
> of loose change
> and gooby smiling.
>
> Everything you thought
> important, everything
> which defines you
> as adult
> has been bound up in being
> understandable.
> Now you're the muggins.
> Almost adrift.
>
> But for your Mastercard.
>
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