Article: The Drover's Wife.(Poem)

 
The Drover's Wife 
 
   Baked beans were originally sold with treacle. 
   An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles. 
   A row of kisses (xxxx) 
   (the mark of St. Andrew). 
  Dividing by zero is forbidden! 
   On the horizon: 23 horses . 19 men . 26 camels . 
   Bees can see ultra-violet light. 
   The sky 
   crackles. 
 
   An ironing-board.... 
   A woman tethered to an iron-ring on the floor.... 
   Isn't glass (jus') wonderful?! 
   You can walk 90 miles and not see anyone! 
   (Your ears are there, to keep you steady). 
   Shakespeare married Anne 
   Hathaway. 
   There's a mismatch here between History, and 
   memory. 
 
   The World runs on wheels. 
  ...

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