bleak encounter

alec, i’ll miss you terribly, terribly terribly
alec, i’ll hiss boo, terribly toot terribly
allycat’ll hiss shoo devilly terribly devilly
terribly talk terribly i’ll miss di alec t miserly
oh eck miles kiss you horribly horribly horribly
angelically kiss you featherily fatally featherily
miserably alec i’ll tissue tickety boo egg shelly
is it you alec dial a pizza please do
alca alca oholic ally alec al just ava piss ooo desperately
leak value pile astute cerebrally cleverly cerebrally
talk phallic vile spew dribbly furiously dribbly
attack agile cysts oooh preferably grovelly preferably
diabolic lists you trembly trembly trembly
panic in vile mists is it you too drizzly drizzly spuriously
cake visits you chew beerily beerily
our kid tis you verily merrily verily
carbolic smile assists view visibly testily visibly
i say tile askew wobbly wibbly wobbly
alec i’ll miss you terribly terribly terribly

to me, dianne’s excellent poem is about how image can structure memory, but it’s also about how class can structure memory too. perhaps memory is worth subverting a little, if we become too easily satisfied with one version of it, especially if that version has been designed by a ruling class.