And got his tone down, ill. It’s a they, all in one, & that’s a sad insight impressed into writing here…
Doug
> On Jan 17, 2018, at 2:55 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Andrew, Sheila, Patrick. I’m none of these guys, Patrick but I did
> work with such a guy.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 at 8:51 pm, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill sad last line -still most of us here are enjoying wonderfully
>> thrilling lives over achieving the works!!!!
>>
>> even writing poems -which guy are you???:-)
>>
>>
>> On 16/01/2018 21:37, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> Some guys have all the luck
>>>
>>> Other guys get what’s left over
>>>
>>> after your mother spirits
>>>
>>> you and your brother away
>>>
>>> from the caravan in pre-dawn
>>>
>>> leaving your shadowy father
>>>
>>> to his amber bottle rituals
>>>
>>>
>>> Some guys become many guys
>>>
>>> each with separate names
>>>
>>> back stories and different
>>>
>>> share house postal addresses
>>>
>>> awaiting the arrival of packages
>>>
>>> from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
>>>
>>>
>>> Some risks beat other risks
>>>
>>> like squirming on plane seats
>>>
>>> with condoms of contraband
>>>
>>> awaiting home disbursement
>>>
>>> after unforeseen flight delays
>>>
>>>
>>> Some bet big when their luck is in
>>>
>>> Marry well enough, travel safe,
>>>
>>> buy a fat house, land a fat job
>>>
>>> learn guitar, have kids
>>>
>>>
>>> Some lines you draw in sand
>>>
>>> Don’t scab on your mates
>>>
>>> Stay union strong
>>>
>>>
>>> Conditions toughen
>>>
>>> Get picked off
>>>
>>>
>>> Phfft
>>>
>>>
>>> Start again, accept
>>>
>>> marching orders
>>>
>>>
>>> Sell house, take skills
>>>
>>> to China. Lingo up.
>>>
>>> Hack it out
>>>
>>>
>>> Remarry. Vasectomise
>>>
>>> Ease down with amber and green
>>>
>>> Keep a lid on it. Don’t even think
>>>
>>> about how it might have been
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
>>
Douglas Barbour
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