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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