[New-Poetry] What Are Odds Quoted forArmitage and Duffyat theLondon Bookmakers?

[David Bircumshaw]

> Well . . . duh, YEAH, Dave!
>
> Now for the subtle USAmerican (me) message:  Y don't you all take this 
> lovely flip-flopping thru the Old, New, Elite, CommonFolks, PC, 
> Regional candidates for PL to a nother level:  form yr own elite:  a 
> ragtag crew of ad hoc "in yr face" yelping-mad poets---and lobby the 
> Appointers.  Not like they're gonna pick you, anyway, is it---at least 
> in your lifetimes. .........  Too American, ain't I?  Many of us don't 
> do subtle.  <sigh>
>
> Judy 
Oh I take your point entirely Judy. Those meanderings of mine are just 
part of a process of clarifying to myself who's trying to sell me what. 
There's this very British phrase (I think it has public school origins) 
about being 'sold a dirty pup'. I think the thing is to get aware of 
where this is happening, and to demur. 'No, thanks, I don't want any 
today' to the doorstep salesman.
There are all sorts of cultural managers, or would be ones, right down 
to a very local level. You can't wish away the fact of their existence, 
the thing is not to get caught in aspirations that effectively draw you 
into the same role. To go one's own way, whistling.

Best

Dave

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David Bircumshaw
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