Sunday, January 29, 2012

Beautifully Out of Order






There is always a strange kind of beauty in the obsolete.

The most gorgeous good ship Not For Sale,
The house with corrugated iron windows,
A circus graveyard in the shadow of Mt Wellington,
A recalcitrant swing
And the bar fridge that promises you everything of the best,
tomorrow ...

8 comments:

  1. Yes - 'Not for sale' shows an unbelievably optimistic pride in an otherwise uncared for boat!

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  2. Tom, the boat made me screech to a halt in the hire car and turn back.
    Imagine the conversation:
    "What are you doing?"
    "I'm taking a photo of that boat."
    "But why?
    Why?"

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  3. Love your eye Sarah. Just love it...

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  4. Thanks darlin'.
    I guess that eye extends to circus graveyards and busted swings out the back of roadhouses, yes?
    Wooden boat tragics, yes?

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  6. Why does that big embarrasiing whoops stay there?

    I said, 'it ain't what you look at sugar, it's how you see it..'

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  7. Love those types of things. So much to say about optimism and patience.

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