Thanks, Patrick and Andrew. Can I get away with ‘spun’ as past tense of
‘spin’? It fits the rhyme, sort of.
Bill
On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 5:44 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very good Bill. I'm with Dad all the way.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 24 Oct 2018, at 1:58 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> >
> > cheers Bill ah those worries caught
> >
> > P
> >
> >
> >> On 23/10/2018 23:08, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >> No alcohol had passed her lips in seven months
> >>
> >> when invited by an old schoolfriend to a party,
> >>
> >> a 21st, in his North Balwyn backyard.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dad could see the pull she felt to rejoin the fray.
> >>
> >> He offered one thing after another if only she would not go.
> >>
> >> Deeper in his chair, with each knockback, he slunk.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I’ll be all right, she knew. She even had her Morry now
> >>
> >> so if it got too much, she could leave at any time.
> >>
> >> The only problem would be if she overdrunk.
> >>
> >>
> >> Living still in the family home at twenty,
> >>
> >> some social compromises were expected.
> >>
> >> Dad didn’t insist but he did confront.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What about, he sat suddenly upright,
> >>
> >> this chair? It’s yours for the taking.
> >>
> >> His worn leather lounge master, fully sprung.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The party swirled about her much
> >>
> >> as all yesterday’s and tomorrow’s parties.
> >>
> >> Dad sat in his chair and spun and spun.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> bw
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