Pssst, Andrew...it's Parker, Frank Parker ;-)
Nice Snap!
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Frank Parker
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: snap
> my kids just say I'm repeating myself... <
Frank Palmer
in the evening light
my son bowls at the nets
at a single wicket.
i've had to retire hurt:
elbow and leg bruised.
if i squint i see me at
his age, in the backyard of
a house since remodelled.
my daughter lies inside
listening intently to
Cypress Hill. she sings
loudly over the
naughty bits. i stall
in the hall to hear
Django and Louis and Bix
with me on drums.
the Commodore whirrs
late into the night. my
eldest son runs the presses
for his 'Rap' newsletter.
he hates jazz and poetry
but i hear them in
everything he does.
Oh, play that thing!
and now they are stars
in their own skies
travelling to conferences
doing exhibitions in
lands I've never been to
asking my advice about
things I've never seen.
I whistle, You'll be
sweet sweet sweet
if you
repeat repeat repeat
Andrew, proud father
Mt Lawley
14 july 2005
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