old guard

old guard

where are
the old guard now?
going through
backyards
cutting down
cliffs
girlie magazines
glossing in
torchlight
an awesome
fight near the
classrooms
long after
home-time
the old guard
whose faces were
like playing the
same hand again
and again in
last card
where are the
old guard?
what was
should always
have been.

howick
may 2014

 

2 Responsesso far.

  1. peterlebaige peterlebaige says:
    26/09/2017 at 1:15 pm

    Haha, I can only hope that’s the case, good Sir! The ‘old guard’ now, for sure, substantially ‘older’!

  2. john keast john keast says:
    26/09/2017 at 9:20 am

    The old guard are still there, enjoying your poems.

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