Sad but true, Bill. A clear socio-cultural poem.
Andrew
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On 17 January 2018 at 05:37, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Some guys have all the luck
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> Other guys get what’s left over
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> after your mother spirits
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> you and your brother away
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> from the caravan in pre-dawn
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> leaving your shadowy father
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> to his amber bottle rituals
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> Some guys become many guys
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> each with separate names
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> back stories and different
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> share house postal addresses
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> awaiting the arrival of packages
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> from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
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> Some risks beat other risks
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> like squirming on plane seats
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> with condoms of contraband
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> awaiting home disbursement
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> after unforeseen flight delays
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> Some bet big when their luck is in
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> Marry well enough, travel safe,
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> buy a fat house, land a fat job
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> learn guitar, have kids
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> Some lines you draw in sand
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> Don’t scab on your mates
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> Stay union strong
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> Conditions toughen
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> Get picked off
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> Phfft
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> Start again, accept
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> marching orders
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> Sell house, take skills
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> to China. Lingo up.
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> Hack it out
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> Remarry. Vasectomise
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> Ease down with amber and green
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> Keep a lid on it. Don’t even think
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> about how it might have been
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> bw
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Andrew
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