GRAFTON BRIDGE
SAY, lit by Lucifer, To end it all, He preterred the way of the meteor To a glacial decline and fall; Flung at the indifferent earth His desperate boast _That the unknown odds are worth The spin of an outworn ghost. Uptown, the evening edition Published, with thanks, A protest by Mother of Ten On vagrant suicides and cranks. Downtown, a tired clerk Consigned to its place Among the ledgers of the dark A judgment on the human race. The crowd from Queen Street Muttered at the rail; The undertaker seized the Feet,
Spat, and drove his nail.
Colin
Newbury
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 734, 7 August 1953, Page 10
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102GRAFTON BRIDGE New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 734, 7 August 1953, Page 10
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