If there were a biography about you, what would the title be?
The title ‘A Life in Places’
If I ever write the book.
I’ll scarcely be the hero
Just someone who was there.
I’ve lived in lots of places
Been through lots of things
But no I’m not a hero
My head kept mostly down.
They each come with a history
The places I have been
And that would be the focus
More than what I’ve done.
There’ll be Trieste and Cyprus
The Rhineland more than once
Time spent in Nigeria
And other places gone.
There’ll be a touch of tragedy
A death that cut me up
People I let down or met
Who helped me change my life.
Some parts are too painful
Perhaps it can’t be done
But yes I have a title
And that would be the one.
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