PROOF
by CK WIlliams
Not to show off, but elaborating some philosophical assertion, "Watch
her open her mouth,"
says the guardian of an elderly, well-dressed retarded woman to the little
circle of ladies
companionably gathered under a just-flowering chestnut this lusciously
balmy Sunday.
She moves her hand in to everyone else an imperceptible gesture, her
charge opens wide,
a peanut, to murmurs of approbation, is...
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by CK WIlliams
Not to show off, but elaborating some philosophical assertion, "Watch
her open her mouth,"
says the guardian of an elderly, well-dressed retarded woman to the little
circle of ladies
companionably gathered under a just-flowering chestnut this lusciously
balmy Sunday.
She moves her hand in to everyone else an imperceptible gesture, her
charge opens wide,
a peanut, to murmurs of approbation, is...
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rys:
I miss chestnut trees. I really do. All we have is gums. Beautiful gums.
I'm siting here listening to a promotional copy of the new Colin Hay (formerly known as the guy from the '80s Australian sort-of-new-wave Top 40 sensation Men At Work) album, and it occurred to me just how little he seems to care about appealing to a new (that is, younger) audience. It's this very devil-may-care approach that has won Hay an audience among those young...
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