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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2004-07-16 12:30 pm
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Sticky Little Paw

Things I picked up on my walk this morning:

Down by the lake- a grey goose feather.

A child's marble- multicoloured but mainly blue.

A spray of roses. I didn't pluck them; they had been ripped from the bush and discarded.

Once upon a time feathers were technology. Cut 'em one way to make quill pens- as used by William Shakespeare esq (and others.) Cut 'em another way to fletch arrows.

When I was a kid, I had a jam jar full of marbles. Convince me that rubies, emeralds and sapphires are any more beautiful.

I can't think of anything fresh to say about roses. Gertrude Stein summed up the current state of thinking on that topic.

What I have here- in my sticky little paw- are the materials for a History of Civilisation.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2004-07-16 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Damn. I left out whiskers on kittens.

[identity profile] kaysho.livejournal.com 2004-07-16 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I should hope that you're not removing those from their owners and taking them home. :)