Thank you all for the kind comments.
I'll have to think about the spitfire, and the aero-engine's apostrophe.
I'm rubbish with apostrophes.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Well, I enjoy the shifts, & the sense of failure no matter what...
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> war after war after war...
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> Doug
> On Nov 10, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > The world fails to fall into place
> > cats growl and grumble as if winged mice
> > have taken over yew-trees and graveyards
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> > Reaching a clawed hand into the dream
> > a blue cacophony reels and roils
> > before a dark key, a shining spitfire
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> > Clouds bleed memories and a faint malice
> > I have no aforethought, there are no crutches
> > on the way to the isle in the lake
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> > bring me a sword, a plane saw, a monkey-wrench
> > the fixings have yet to begin
> > an aero-engines pleasure spins desire
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> > windy hyperbole yet succinct
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> > wonders, a stars ellipse, a heart wrapped
> > in a clock and set to explode at 9.30am
> > on a sunny day: the weasels wrestle the stoats
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> > edging the crevice, testing the flattened air
> >
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Art is always the replacing of indifference by attention.
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