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| Author: | dannyboy [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:48 pm ] |
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Then and Now (or why I barrack so loudly) As a kid in '68 I watched the bluebaggers steal the sun's light and hold it aloft. Felt my 10 year old heart swell like an ocean and all the pains and all the petty hurts dissolved in that moment. I transcended the day to day and entered the marvelous - open-mouth I spun around, sang the song and felt connected. The universe shed its cloak and dagger, revealed itself to me as a smiling father, a crowd of navy blue souls singing and dancing and a tram conductor who ruffled my hair - that night the world breathed with me. Years pass and we forget the youthful miracles that dwell within, struggle to transcend anything so I was unexpectedly shocked to see my son's face light up with that wonder a few weeks ago as the bluebaggers stole the smaller sun we call this year the NAB cup, watched him cry out and saw his eyes sparkle as mine must have in the terraces of the M.C.G. all those years ago. Its not the same, we cannot call it the 17th; but for my son it offered the same transcendental joy as he swam in the glorious navy blue sea, his small, waving arms touched, momentarily, that little me I have lost in the years but who lives again every time I cry 'Go Bluebaggers!' |
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| Author: | tommi [ Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:59 pm ] |
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Nice Dee Boy.............. that's what it's all about............! kindest regards tommi |
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