The Poetry of Brian Langley
Unlike "The Bloke I
used to Know" (in my booklet "The Forest and other verses"), I recall her
perfectly
but you'll need to buy my booklet "Driving in the Outback" to find out how the
poem ends
There’s a girl I used to know
And I met her years ago
And I certainly remember where we met
She was at the surf club dance
I had gone there just by chance
When I saw her, I just knew I’d not forget
Her face - her chestnut hair
“Twas cascading everywhere
Down her shoulders, til it almost reached her bust
And her eyes were em’rald green
Nothing like I’d ever seen
I just stood there in a trance as if concussed
I was then a drunken youth
A yobbo, quite uncouth
And I s’pose I nearly drove my folks insane
But right then and there I knew
If she smiled - just what I’d do
From bad company and booze I would abstain
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© Brian Langley 15 Nov 2008