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Douglas Tanoury
Helen

I sit on top of the hill
At Balduck park and
Think of you,
Trying to remember
The way your hair caught
The light of August sunsets,
How you leaned against
A lamp-post and
Lifted a bottle of Ripple
To your lips.
I know your waiting for me
Patiently
And all the old gang too,
Burning sandalwood incense
And playing old rock albums,
Dancing under stroboscopic
Lights with tambourine
And castanets, braless and
Barefoot, your long hair
Flying wild and free.
I know your waiting for me,
Helen,
As I sit on top of the hill
At Balduck park and
Turn sixteen again.

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