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