You hear about these things
at a distance
down long chains.
*
The motorcycle boys
The bush beaters
The unlucky three
(call them what you will)
left school at sixteen.
Within a year or maybe two
there was an incident
an accident, an RTA
where Andy died.
Ram, with shattered legs
or fractured spine was fixed
with expensive plates and pins.
Jez escaped unhurt or
with only minor injuries
or wasn’t there at all.
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Poet, writer, artist. Writing and performing in England, publishing anywhere. Member of Hexameter performing poets. Workshops, projects, cross-arts collaborations.
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