Could be right, Patrick.
Might go with:
Ten year shirt 2
How could I have known
that this shirt,
dark and unremarkable,
would outlive the Timorese boy
who said Cool shirt, Sir,
ten years ago
when I wore it for the first time
into the High Achievers
Year 8 class at Resa High?
It took Facebook
to tell me that JJ
had drowned,
years after leaving school,
having established himself
as a lively hiphop performer.
His older sister Tina,
electing to ‘do an oral’
on the contentious issue
of refugee boat arrivals,
had deftly leaned the lectern
all the way to the floor,
before straddling the stand
and mock rowing throughout
her presentation.
Shirt now faded and frayed,
one slight tear in the pocket
but still fit for gardening.
Is it, I recall JJ asking,
when it came time for him
to do his oral,
OK to sing it?
My word it was.
Bill
Bill
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 9:02 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> Thanks Bill a touching story
>
> is
>
> had deftly leaned the lectern to the floor,
>
> a rather long line edit a bit? cheers P or is it just this old head ? :)
>
> On 12/11/2019 20:09, Bill Wootton wrote:
> > How could I have known
> >
> > that this shirt,
> >
> > dark and unremarkable,
> >
> > would outlive the Timorese boy
> >
> > who said Cool Shirt, Sir,
> >
> > ten years ago
> >
> > when I wore it for the first time
> >
> > into the High Achievers
> >
> > Year 8 class
> >
> > at Resa High?
> >
> >
> > It took Facebook
> >
> > to tell me that JJ
> >
> > had drowned,
> >
> > years after leaving school,
> >
> > having established himself
> >
> > as a lively rap performer.
> >
> >
> > His older sister Tina,
> >
> > electing to ‘do an oral’
> >
> > on the contentious issue
> >
> > of refugee boat arrivals,
> >
> > had deftly leaned the lectern to the floor,
> >
> > sat astride the stand
> >
> > and mock rowed throughout
> >
> > her presentation.
> >
> >
> > The shirt is faded and frayed,
> >
> > one slight tear in the pocket
> >
> > but still fit for gardening.
> >
> > Is it, I recall JJ asking,
> >
> > when it came time for him
> >
> > to do his oral,
> >
> > OK to sing it?
> >
> >
> > My word it was.
> >
> >
> > bw
> >
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