[Jan Iwaszkiewicz]

Thanks Jim,

Although why should I be thanking someone who tells me my poetry smells. LOL

That this piece could evoke physical responses from both you and Nemo is incredibly gratifying. This was worked with the place, story and people firmly conflated and in mind. The phrase ‘What a Holy Show’ is an Irish/Australian one of limited distribution. The setting a hamlet in the Blue Mountains, the language and format is used to reflect that. The protagonist a conflation but primarily a woman I knew who had been the ‘Postie’ delivering mail on horseback. The cancer occurring a few times within the in-laws of my first marriage which gives the piece its authenticity.

You know Jim I have not sought the allegorical possibilities but I can see them after you mention this and if so it is all subliminally arrived at. Starts up a couple of paths.