Not Long Ago (For Simon Kusnierz 17th April 1984 -15th June 2012, Peace
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\nby cricketjeff on June 18, 2012.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nNot long ago his smiling face
\nSpread impishness without disgrace.
\nHe knew no fear or reticence
\n(And very little common sense)
\nThis visitor from outer space.<\/p>\n
We never know who’ll win the race
\nBut in the hurly burly chase
\nHis chances seemed to be immense,
\nNot long ago.<\/p>\n
There’s now no child we can embrace,
\nNo rubber bones can help his case.
\nA tortured soul needs recompense
\nBut life has breached his last defence;
\nThe World was once a better place,
\nNot long ago.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nMy nephew, has had problems for a long time and finally at the end of last week
\nthey became too much for him and he took his own life, far far too young.<\/p>\n
The “rubber bones” reference is to his favourite phrase as a child after some
\nescapade, when he’d stand back up and dust himself off saying “my made of
\nwubber”, I can’t really take in that such a bright light will never shine
\nagain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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