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BooksJune 23, 2017

The Friday Poem: ‘Last words’ by Bill Manhire

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New verse – he wrote it on Wednesday, actually – by Wellington writer Bill Manhire.

 

Last words

 

It’s nice out there,

says the dying man.

 

Yes, says the doctor,

not too bad at all.

 

Bill Manhire, 2017


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