Sunday 23rd June

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THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN:
 
He turned up at school one day at the wheel of a dusty green 
Ford Anglia & though we were less than impressed with his wheels 
the length of his hair elevated his status to that of icon. 
From a brown leather bag he produced 45’s, vinyls with his name
on their labels, vibrant Orange embossed with the legend ‘CBS’. 
His lessons were fragile affairs, he wore his inexperience like 
a suit of paper armour & we performed our duty to the letter, 
testing his every reserve to breaking point. But, on breaks in 
our cruel taunting, he would slip his records out & show us 
photographs of him as another man, a member of a band from the 
land on the far side of dreams. 
 
(K)

1 thought on “Sunday 23rd June

  1. Who is it?
    Now I´m thinking about Michael Jacksons song
    and the year 1993 when I decided to take a big step from the stage.
    Yeah, I have been there, I even gave an autograph 20 years ago
    believe it or not 🙂

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