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SAYING GOODBYE TO DES O'CONNOR


It will be hard saying goodbye to Des O'Connor.

He takes with him
an age.
The age of: You've never had it so good.
Of chalets in yellow and red,
and all the camps where we camped
and were fed,
meat and two veg.
The age of being
on the edge:
of greater things,
and the race to get to the
summer moon.
The age of Trad Dad,
and the Temperance Seven;
and a young President in Dallas
prematurely sent to heaven.
And the blood-stained young men
who toiled in the wetlands
never to be heroes
in garlands of red poppies.
He takes with him
the age of innocence-
when the brylcreem gave way
to providence-
and the coming of the Fab Four.
He matched them all,
and beat them at their own game:
his careless hands
steadying the ship.
He sailed through the space race
and into the platforms
and the flares.
And yet,
he never went out of fashion:
laughing at himself
with sincerity and passion.
Through the chat
and with a song in his heart.
And never pretending
to be better than he was.
In the end he was beaten by a stumble;
a young old man
who was forever humble.
So I will remember this
young Redcoat
forever with honour...

It will be hard saying goodbye to Des O'Connor.


Jarvo 2020

R.I.P.

Replied: 16th Nov 2020 at 21:03

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