Thanks, Patrick, Doug. Just some bits that didn’t make it into the previous
week’s Bakewell Street, slightly tweaked.
Bill
On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 at 2:45 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, the local focalized, Bill. Not just ‘sprier,’ but also ‘terminus’ as
> there not here…
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> Doug
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> > On Dec 6, 2017, at 3:08 AM, Patrick McManus <
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> > Bill thanks must look up spruiker -another picture to enjoy
> >
> > cheers P trying to get energy to go out !!
> >
> >
> > On 05/12/2017 21:42, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >> The City with 'go' in it, local milk carton slogan.
> >> Huh. Not apparent to big city boys like us.
> >> Tysons Reef Hotel next to the Gasometer.
> >> Sand-blasted, view-denying front windows,
> >> nasal radio drone of odds and sods on racehorses.
> >> Serious hat-wearing men in flannel pants, rolled-up
> >> sleeves, alighting at tram terminus on Bridge Street.
> >>
> >> Before the Chinese Dragon unstretched at the Easter Show,
> >> hang back and check lurid painted sideshow tents:
> >> Vanessa The Undresser, The Girl With The Twin 44s.
> >> Slick haired spruiker urging someone to get up close.
> >> Nervous sucker pushed forward by his leering mates,
> >> invited to place his hand on stripper's rippling stomach.
> >> Oohs and aahs. Bored, pursed lips, jangling, dangling.
> >>
> >> Small men parking big cars nose to kerb.
> >> Smoke from raked street elm leaves burning.
> >>
> >> bw
> >> 5.12.17
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