Scan
I turn it over in my hands,
the inky A4 printout
of the ultrasound:
is that a leg or an arm?
I turn it upside down.
Is that a jawbone
or a jumping bean?
I look at the spine,
shaped like an interrobang,
and then, I grope for the whole:
a whorl of monochrome
denoting an incoming storm,
or a photo of Jupiter
taken by an early NASA probe.
Our own Enigma code.
I put it down and look
out at the late spring evening,
where the sky is wet and bulging
with thunderheads - ripe plums
on a perilously-laden bough -
overhanging hungering mountaintops.
Potbellied homunculus,
cupboard-Indian,
Echo’s bones,
juju, astronaut,
inscrutable old seer,
lodged in your far-off cave:
what does the future hold?
You ought to know -
you’re from there, after all.
Are you saying what i think you’re saying?
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 8:03 am | PermalinkSurely everything I say is, as far as you’re concerned, what you think I’m saying?
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 9:04 am | PermalinkSplendid. I am over the moon. Well done you lovely people.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 10:04 am | PermalinkI am extremely pleased and happy for you both.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 2:01 pm | PermalinkTo up-late Betty and up-early Lilo, hurrah!
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 2:03 pm | PermalinkMenace, are you and that lovely lady joining the gang?
say its true!!
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 2:05 pm | PermalinkIt’s true, the two of us are footstepping the two of you!
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 3:00 pm | PermalinkCongratulations! Sweeties for you & I’m off to give some to KE too.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 6:01 pm | PermalinkHow very wonderful.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 7:01 pm | Permalinkoh - and fabulous piece of writing.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 7:01 pm | PermalinkCoffee, give me coffee. And then i’m off to see Missy Evans.
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 7:03 pm | PermalinkHoly smokes!
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 8:05 pm | PermalinkCongratulations! Wowee! xxx
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Posted on 21-May-05 at 10:05 pm | PermalinkFantastic.
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Posted on 22-May-05 at 12:02 am | PermalinkWowzers cowboy. Congrats to you both xxx
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Posted on 22-May-05 at 1:01 am | PermalinkOh my God! So happy for you! x
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Posted on 22-May-05 at 7:04 am | PermalinkThank you all. I’m thinking of naming it after a blogger - but which one?? chintzybling and minkleberry are both good for a girl - and maybe silveretta for a lad. Any ideas?
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 12:04 am | PermalinkBut you must have Splog as a middle name. Norah would be so happy..yes Chintzy Splog..
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 3:04 am | PermalinkWe were wondering what was wrong with Mr H for a boy and HJB for a girl?
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 4:02 am | Permalinkoh, so Monsieur million de morceaux won’t even be considered? Huh? I think its perfect for appeasing the local french community… ;)
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 5:03 am | PermalinkHow very virile of you, congratulations!
Wonderful writing too.
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 7:03 am | PermalinkHe shoots, he scores.
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 2:02 pm | PermalinkAwwwww …..
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Posted on 23-May-05 at 7:00 pm | Permalinkblimey o blinkin’ riley!!!
fantastico.
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Posted on 24-May-05 at 12:01 am | Permalinkx x
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Posted on 24-May-05 at 2:05 am | PermalinkWow! Just found out - Conratualtions, old boy! I thought it was worth coming out of retirement for this comment…
Keith (With some brackets, for old time’s sake)
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Posted on 24-May-05 at 2:05 am | PermalinkOoooer!!
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Posted on 24-May-05 at 8:03 am | PermalinkWhat does the future hold?
no matter, since we will never be there.
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Posted on 02-Jun-05 at 3:05 am | Permalink