Howard and the Details

[billy]

i'm glad i watched the film and read the biog.

first off the title, i read it this time, it,s a good one.

so much to like about this poem todd. it really does embody the feel of the man. his inventions his achievements his mentality. you have it all within a few words.

the bra is there, the food, his obsessive compulsive behaviour and thoughts.
if i pasted what lines i liked it would be the whole poem
i'll just pick the ones that really addressed the man to me, not the bra, not the need to stay away from germs etc,

it's;
They didn’t notice. They didn’t listen.
And the damn plane was birch
not spruce.

often the tell or anecdote at the end of a poem fall flat. here he shines.

sorry for not being able to find fault with it

i do think it's very publishable