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i'm
walking to campbell st through the
karori
tunnel
past
a house when ivan was to get into trouble.
i've
just told a story for him in court
in
andrew's suit
to
the chief justice sir richard wild
who
asks you don't expect us to believe this?
while
the jurors all smiled yes
yes
they were saying
we
dig this tale
talofa
lava malo!
afterwards
i had a date with louise
in
bed of course but first i was walking
with
sharon past donald st the training college &
i'm
singing Mary's gone visiting
all
the folks at home
at
the te reo maori society party &
i'm
walking &
i'm
saying goodbye to hiria
goodbye
mother (she just died) &
i
wore andrew's suit again to the funeral &
in
karori anne was singing down the phone &
in
the photo tania you wear a yellow shirt
claire
a blue one &
tui's
dad out the back digging.
1976
me flying to london
waving
to you anne & roger
from
the seat by the window.
1984
laughing with you tania in lambton quay.
i'm
walking with janet
sleeping
a night at bruce stewart's &
someone's
crying
it's
me
i've
left dixon st john noel paula ti ata liz &
taken
roger's mania &
it's
here now painted red green yellow white
where
the sun hits first in the morning &
jill
tarawera hira huanoa are around somewhere &
i'm
walking to mark
to
tania who once had mark william's brown scarf
(he
left it by the phone at dixon st)
that
piece of tat.
yes
i'm fucking walking &
i've
just washed my favourite rag
to
wear at your wedding
claire.
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