v fine : day 2 poem

hussey v ponting

where will ricky go where will he take us

i go there with him and wait for the bowlers to come

to me

come to me

they can bowl that line out there forever

i give them nothing that could stretch my gorgeous positions

out of shape i wait for that gabba pill to

come to me

come to me

in my red label lounge

or securing the palings in my fence

modulating my innings during the drinks break

lemon lime tang cooling me to my heels

in these wide spaces i reflect upon the view

watching ponting sending rockets into that blue gabba sky

lifes good

lifes good

read the opposition

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About Nick Whittock

Nick Whittock’s 2nd book hows its (inken publisch) will be ready for the summer. In 2012 he had a chapbook published in the Vagabond Rare Objects series. It has a picture of a cricket bat on the front cover. His first book's cover was a reproduction of a photograph of cricketers lying on the ground.