Yes, you do...
Like the whittling down of the lines...
Doug
On Apr 2, 2014, at 2:15 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> O Bill, preparing to move house??
> Sounds like a downsizing - less space for one's precious possessions.
> all very painful.
> You evoke the feel of sorting well.
>
> Max in Melbourne
>
> On 02/04/2014, at 3:38 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
>
>> Selecting / discarding.
>> Retaining / consigning.
>> Staying / going.
>>
>> Has worth / worth expired.
>> Could be / will never be.
>> Must /might.
>>
>> Useful / You must be kidding.
>> Essential / peripheral.
>> Desirable / obsolete.
>>
>> It's like writing a poem
>> preparing to move house.
>> All that accretion
>>
>> requiring whittling down.
>> Uneasy decisions.
>> Arrangements.
>>
>> And in the end
>> what stands
>> still shakes.
>>
>> bw
>
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