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We have not done those things
we ought to have done

                                                                           Ginger-gem tussock
                                                                           Rock and Pillar
                                                                           lost ski village rooftop glint
                                                                           this lovely range must slice through
                                                                           knife
                                                                           Middlemarch everything
                                                                           The church Dad probably went to, I
                                                                           New York Mike Hammer phase find.
                                   Daffodil
                                   pubescent
                                   come to life branches
                                   If spiritually
                                   Dad gets through that
                                   doorway into God’s welcoming love
                                   Affirming
 
 
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Sunday night
before 190 Dunedin
reassuring
renewing Common Prayer
rhythms we say together, me anticipating
weekdays with Wright —
 
“Fergus, I’ll Art Gallery you.” When he gets back
from the Oriental
full of beer and resentful.
 
 
 
 
 

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1987   acrylic on hardboard   1200 x 900 mm