Enjoyed that Bill better look in my attic but not much hope there!!how does one 'declutter'I usually regret throwing things out -oops etc looming what are you going to do with al those readies??we need to know!!
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton
Sent: 04 March 2015 06:26
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Subject: Re: Ted's legacy
Thanks, Max. I see what you mean about the register change but hope to get away with it.
The overdue clean-out pays better than poetry. I only offered one haggle before walking away with $5000. I'm sure he'll make more over time but meanwhile that's two return trips for us to Europe. Or, watch out, Seattle!
Bill
> On 4 Mar 2015, at 4:41 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> touchingly primitive, this, Bill!
> something comes through even to me of how it felt for the boys at
> school, and the evolution of those collectables
>
> Verse four perhaps shifts to a different register with a certain
> clashing of gears,
>
> but then clashing of gears may be part of this sort of art.
>
> What an overdue spring cleaning of your briefcase!
>
> M
>
>
>> On Mar 3, 2015, at 13:12, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Ted's legacy
>>
>> Mr Football, Footscray's finest,
>> E J Whitten, champion of the Big V,
>> figured early, smiling cheekily,
>> in Scanlens Football Cards.
>>
>> Each year from 1964 to 68,
>> primary school collectors prized
>> Ted's kicking form and features,
>> decked out in banded blue, red
>>
>> and white. By 1969,
>> he was a dye-cut legend,
>> image uprightly poppable
>> from a folded feature card.
>>
>> Ted's death not coincidentally
>> marked the passing of interstate
>> footy. Before pegging out, he scored
>> one final limo lap of the MCG.
>>
>> The Herald-Sun headlined:
>> E J Dies.
>> His clean cardboard image
>> mouldered in my briefcase
>>
>> until 2015, when along with
>> 300 odd mates from the old
>> twelve-team comp, Ted
>> got traded
>>
>> to a spiky-haired collector
>> who knew value when he
>> saw it and touched it.
>> I'm not complaining.
>>
>> I was paid well - and Ted -
>> will go on paying his way
>> no doubt. Laughing
>> all the way.
>>
>> bw
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