New verse by Kaipara poet Sam Hunt.
My father’s waistcoats
My father’s waistcoats
never had pockets.
It was years later
someone explained
a good lawyer in court
didn’t need notes…
I never went with the law
like my father would have liked.
But I got to swing juries –
like he said – swinging the lead.
I never rode into town
like I’d like to have done.
But I carry a gun
in my head.
Salt River Songs (Potton & Burton, $24.99) by Sam Hunt is available at Unity Books.
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