day 6 poem

cathedral end

benaud loves his scoreboards

that never change and wants all

his test matches sedated under

the sentimental spell of the adelaide

air the selectas too have shown faith

the scoreboard changes only slowly

and therell be endless sleepless nights

anticipating a return to 0 in this city weve

no affection for time

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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.

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