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Jennifer Compton
Fool’s Gold
I am thinking of doing a rural transcription.
I may only think of it and not
actually do it.
I may call it something like -
On the Trail of Rosalie Gascoigne.
I may, with notebook and pencil
in hand, stand by my door, and step
outside. Walk to the shop - looking
for words.
I may not find words. But I will
be looking. Maybe an icecream wrapper.
Maybe a road sign.
Then I will turn out of Bumballa
Road (the last word I think I will find
in Bumballa Road is Twilight. Alan
and Geraldine put up the name when
Alan found he had cancer) into
Railway Parade and I will feel tense.
Because I know as soon as I reach
the shop I will find so many words.
I do not know how to transcribe
that feeling. Of many words containing so
much info. Precise. Cricket Club
Fund Raising Trivia Night November 19.
Accountant seeking work blah blah
blah firewood for sale do not enter this
shop with helmet on magnum heaven
peppermint cookies and cream
how does one transcribe extreme
reaction to too many words?
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