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A BAROMETER FALLS

a barometer falls

as the saying goes

well, I dropped a thermometer

"balls!" I said as the mercury spread

running into tiny pools

shining mischievously from the tufts

where it taunted me while I rolled up my cuffs

in readiness to capture the spill,

no thrill as I endeavoured to scoop

and the pools became multipools

and looped the loop.

 

Resorting to the internet

the advice was ballistic

another statistic I could become -

hallucinations  palpitations

and my grovelling hands already numb.

 

An eye dropper in readiness

and magnifier in deep distress

my antics caused my knees to seize,

another aspect of mercury disease.

 

Finally the little blobs were caged

into a mysterious plastic bag

whose fate remains in a delicate balance

as I seek to expand my other talents.

◄ THOUGHT FORMS

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raypool

Fri 19th Feb 2016 16:57

Thanks for these clips Stu. I particular liked Mrs Midas. It encapsulates the feminine dilemma of surrender in its most brutal state. Very fine story telling.

Ray

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Stu Buck

Thu 18th Feb 2016 17:50

http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/anne-hathaway

http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/mrs-midas

those are both from 'the worlds wife'. the more i read of her work the more i like her.

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raypool

Thu 18th Feb 2016 16:27

Thanks Stu - how interesting that you should make a comparison . I can't seem to access any of her poems online but I shall persevere. I sometimes to try to drag the reader along in a kind of non stop belt system . Can't always manage it but I try when it suits!

regards Ray

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Stu Buck

Wed 17th Feb 2016 17:04

i love the jaunty clip of this ray. i have just discovered carol ann duffy's book the worlds wife which is brilliant and some of the wordplay is quite similar.

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raypool

Sun 14th Feb 2016 22:39

Thanks for reading David. It really tested me to capture the stuff. Apparently mercury was used as a cure for syphilis in the Victorian times and led to terrible complications. I often wonder if there might have been a link between this and Jack the Ripper - not an impossible scenario.

Cheers Ray

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