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The Er Barnsley Seascapes
1. Goldthorpe er Seascape
Park the car. Wind
the window down. Listen.
Shanties echoing
up the tight streetas the pitmen sing
their way from work.
The YTS lamplighter
stands, and his matchescough out in
the well-trained wind.
He was not a clever
boy at schoolso all he can say is
shi.t, not like us
clever people, who wind
the window down to catchthe dying tradition
on our Japanese tape recorders.
Shanties, clinking like
cardboard money,the cardboard money
they have round here.
Burns easier.
Cheaper than coal.2. M1 Seascape near Hoyland: er it’s a rough day
They huddle in their coats
and the gaffer holds his gun
but only for effect. For this
photograph I am taking, I suppose.For the interview, the gaffer
is proud: ‘We only have six more
miles of motorway to roll up
and dump in the sea’ he quips.(sticks tongue out at wilma)
When I got to America,
I bought a sandwich at the chain store
and walked into the jungle.After I’d gone a long way
I came to a great clearing,
but instead of agricultural ground there was a deep hole,
at the bottom bent an old man.He jagged and scraped at the ruddy earth with a pin,
then he took his brush and crumb tray, and used them.“Are you looking for something ?” I shouted.
“Truth” he answered.
His voice rose hollowly from the hole.
“Come and eat with me”,
I called in a friendly tone.He rose slowly out of the hole, and we sat dangling our legs.
I offered him my spam sandwich,
but he dragged an onion out of his breast pocket,
and munched on it, sucking the rich juice into his mouth as it escaped.Lunch over, he returned to the bottom and re-commenced jagging and scraping and brushing.
I lay watching him, the generous nourishment of the spam running around my tubes.After about a quarter of an hour he called up “I found it !”
and rose once again to the surface, transformed.
He looked at peace with the world, and with himself,
completely self-contained.I started to cry,
great tears, great bitter tears of envy.He pointed down the hole.
I handed him my watch, my money, my return ticket to London and my identity.
He handed me the pin and the brush and crumb tray, then left the clearing.I dried my tears on the brush,
then sank down the hole, swearing softly to myself.To look for truth, with a pin.
Misunderstandings
@toybulldog wrote:
QUICKfireFRIDAYnightTRIVIAquizUPDATE
(scoring is 2-1-1……..weekly winners )
marine 1-2– TOTAL 3
ellen 1- TOTAL 1
chess 1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1–1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 – TOTAL 27
diane 2-1-1-1-1- TOTAL 6
irene 2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-1-2- TOTAL 23
mels 2-1- TOTAL 3
mims 2-2-1-1-2-2-2-1–2-2-1-1-1-1- TOTAL 21
tina 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- TOTAL 8
ghost 1-1-2-1-2-2-2-2-2- TOTAL 15
cath56 1-2-1-2-1-1-2-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1- TOTAL 26
brian 1- TOTAL 1
argy 1-1-1-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-2-2- TOTAL 28
ivana 1- TOTAL 1
sharongooner 1-1-1-1-1-2- TOTAL 7
sunny 1-1-1- TOTAL 3
purple 2-2-2- TOTAL 6
stan 2-2-1-2-2-2-1- TOTAL 12
shindig 1-2-2- TOTAL 5
kook 2- TOTAL 2
high fives 1- TOTAL 1
wilma 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1- TOTAL 8
tarquin 2-2-1-2-1-2-1- TOTAL 11
festus 2-2-1 TOTAL 5@forumhostcl wrote:
Well done yet again to both teams esp to shaz and rosepetal who were on the phone and a big well done to the winners POETS team xxxx
Very close though, it looked like sharon was gonna have us
CL, would you be so kind as to impart the current standings of the teams ?
( also how many played, how many left, when is last one ? )
I’ve tried asking this Very Simple question on other message boards but all I got was a load of psychopathic bum fluff and vague suppositions from playfings
8)….your response would also be appreciated due to various side-bets and sweep-stakes I got running; and I wont even mention the pie-charts………..I hear the smart money is on a tie break on the last night
fanks hun xx
yes Diane, you are.
jah rastafari
