did Shane Warne
read in flight
of great Rod Marsh’s passing
and murmur
to himself
‘too soon’
not knowing
that the keeper’s reaper
lurked nearby
in slips
to catch him out
all out
for 52
was he fond recalling
some caught stellar moment
of the keeper’s glory
raising up a glass
or two
in some exotic bar
not knowing
that his time
was almost through
that he, too
would not see
another morning
that would see
us all
in mourning
for a fragment
of the very fabric
of our truest blue
for the larrikin
and the genius
and the fuck-up
and the wag
the romeo
and the dag
and
whether we were into cricket
or we couldn’t give a toss
it’s such a loss
too bloody soon
to bid adieu.
See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists
My book of poems, A Day At A Time In Rhyme (Littlefox Press) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1
or on the SHOP page of this very website.
A Day At A Time – live! coming to La Mama in July 2022.
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