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Let others have the privacy of touching words


The Hobart Waterfront! First time in a while... March 2011.

Here's a sight that used to feature more prominantly on this here blog. It's the one thing that I miss from the last place that I used to work.

On that note, the combination of fixed term contract with a few months left to run and the present uncertainly of a State government vacancy control program means that yet again I am open to offers regarding work.

Anyone out there who needs an all around genius-at-large, let me know!


A Conceit, by Maya Angelou
Give me your hand

Make room for me
to lead and follow
you
beyond this rage of poetry.

Let others have
the privacy of
touching words
and love of loss
of love.

For me
Give me your hand.

Comments

Roddy said…
Either they are getting in early for Christmas or no-one has been able to go aloft and bring it down from last year. The Christmas tree at the top of the mast.
I too have missed your pics of the waterfront.
Who knows, your old employer may pick you up again.
Would you go back to Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drugs?
Kris McCracken said…
I think I've mixed up my dates. I thought that this one was from the Wooden Boat Festival, but I suspect it is from Christmas.
Roddy said…
That's ok. It's still a good picture.

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