a definite portrait
(just not sure about 'shebang'; his term?)
Doug
On 2013-02-26, at 1:01 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Opposed
>
> Uncle Ron, now ninety odd,
> saw service in the big shebang,
> weathered open heart surgery,
> golfs without a motor buggy.
>
> I'd still rather not be on the wrong
> end of his flattened fist.
> Something incalculable lurks
> behind those genial eyes.
>
> Staying with him and Aunty Dawn
> years ago, I got off work early;
> bunged on a bit of Rock 'n Roll
> Reed, loudish, in the afternoon.
>
> How was I to know that Ron too
> would knock off early that day?
> Strode in, wrenched up the stylus,
> snapped power off at the wall.
>
> Took his leave. Never said a word,
> then or afterwards. Maybe his eyes
> blazed. I certainly didn't meet them.
> Some seeing doesn't take looking.
>
> Barracks for the Tiges, Uncle Ron,
> always has. Saturdays, we used
> to watch footy replays together
> on his black and white tele.
>
> Even in Melbourne mud, playing
> the Bombers, both teams in
> black jerseys with pale slanted
> slashes, he knew who was what.
>
> Bill Wootton
> 25.2.13
>
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