Perhaps show with inverted commas as a quote? Otherwise maybe needs is gsummat (what do I know anyway ) now you point it out I get 'lies' play I just go by ear or what? !!bests P
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Burke
Sent: 17 June 2015 08:16
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Subject: Re: snap: Aged selfie
It's a line with special personal reference for me: a Mort Sahl satirical album decades ago - maybe the 60s. I like the ambiguity of 'lies' and all the ripples from that thought. As far as I can see, my old 'future' lied and made a mockery of my vision!
Andrew
On 17 June 2015 at 17:09, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Andrew enjoyed this -but not sure about 'As has been said, the future
> lies ahead.'cheers P
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Burke
> Sent: 17 June 2015 05:11
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> Subject: snap: Aged selfie
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> *-You could be tempted to fold.*
> * You do nothing of the sort.-*
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> - *Jill Jones*
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> I return to cliff s edge
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> It delights me so
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> To dangle a leg over
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> Smiling precariously
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> To swim in the deep
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> To climb and cling
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> I ll never leave my childhood behind
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> Or the chemical warfare
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> Of my teenage walkabouts
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> They have torn down the old haunts
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> Glamorised the seedy parks
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> And closed the deli on the corner
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> Where Giuseppe kept metho on ice
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> And stored milk in small bottles
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> For White Lady connoisseurs.
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>
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> No point replaying the past
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> Although the body has its One Man shows
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> Variety items sketching back
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> To mother s womb as
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> The old theatre organist plays
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> In the shadows of her thighs.
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> As has been said, the future lies ahead.
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> There are many recipes for leftovers
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> Mixed in with new day s freshness
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> Still falls a hard rain and ice
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> Breaks windscreen wipers
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> On frost-filled mornings. There was
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> No apocalypse in last night s
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> Weather forecast. The fire
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> Glows low in the grate and rain
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> Rusts the plough and hoe.
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> ~
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>
> Any comments welcome. It is a first draft so all and any responses
> will be read with an open mind!
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