I think this is better, Bill.But it’s still something I only know about (almost) because a Caadian reporter there di a story on how Cricket is as big in Oz as Hockey is here, & therefore his death making the front pages…
And would any country respond th same to the death of one of its great poets?
Doug
On Dec 2, 2014, at 1:58 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Before anyone has commented, I had a rethink:
>
>
> Dead but still
> not out: P Hughes.
>
> The Game bigger
> than mere living.
>
> A century as they
> say, beckoned.
>
> Poor bugger.
> But who
>
> could have told:
> get clocked
>
> when you stick
> your neck out,
>
> your brain
> will fade,
>
> weapon crumple,
> runs dissolve.
>
> Your Tock
> be ticked.
>
> Thanks for
> coming, Phil.
>
> bw
> 3.12.14
>
Douglas Barbour
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