Andrew you are enjoying yourself cheers P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Burke Sent: 26 October 2011 05:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: snap: extract (My son lives an hour's bus trip out of Hong Kong central ((if there is such a thing)) so the birds do have somewhere to nest in the trees and bushes ... these are notes from my notebook) not a Nun Finch this sparrow seems to have joined their Order twittering her gratitude attitude etude as she pecks at potted plants ... (that li'l poem thingo is indented in my notebook but i can't do that in email, sorry) old man waves at the waitress as he walks by she returns his wave with a smile he picks his nose walks on another day * I look down at my feet - more vein writing on each ankle no need for translation -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and http://etextpress.com/books.htm