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wailing baby in Benghazi night

a close thing for the mother

slow music diminuendo

whispered dialogue

 

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boy – reads well – writes well

cannot tie shoelaces

cannot catch ball

fade out in silence

 

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youth – plays hard - tries hard

breezes examinations

sometimes catches ball

mad mazurka music

 

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eighteen – foolish for girls and booze

finds a job and another and another

married and divorced

Marquee Moon shines down

 

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Twenty – march in – march on

more examinations

catches ball often

Python music and bass drum

 

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Twenties – party on – party hard

second time lucky

to ring the bell of love

White Wedding fortissimo

 

Thirty two – stay out – drink on

takes wing flies

but doesn’t soar

Once in a Lifetime live

 

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Forty four failed or freed to be

himself whoever that is

even the sun wears off

though still on the run

 

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Three score - approaching - reproaching

another close shave for another

retreat to the North

and Pleasant Valley most days

 

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old enough – knows better – grown better

each day is a gift – bugger thrift

don’t save happiness up

crescendo – Locomotive Breath

 

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