.
for the Australian xi
given a ticket of leave from the aboriginal camp
west of Brisbane
on a chaperoned train ride to Adelaide
instructed to
Bowl Fast as you can at England
there’s Jardine lying on the crease
holding his head
Eddie’s boomerang wrist from a short run
Native Knocks-out England’s Captain Cold
I reckon Eddie
would have been first
by his side
to make sure he was alright
the next ball
a scorching yorker
England’s Bodyline Strategy in Shatters
Eddie hiding from headlines of himself
on the train back to Cherbourg
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