farewell Bill Currie and Kevin Morgan,
true gladiators to those of us
who can only guess
how it must feel
to charge down Bray Hill
for the first time;
bounce over Ballaugh Bridge;
fly through Quarry Bends on a drying road;
scream along Sulby Straight at full chat;
glide past Gooseneck;
power up the mountain;
down past the Creg,
and back to Douglas
for a flying lap.
And though you’ve rounded
Governor’s Bridge for the last time,
we’ll still be holding up a sign board
as you dice with Guthrie and Dunlop,
Hailwood and McIntyre,
stopping only to collect a replica
from the Deemster, each time
you pass the Grandstand.
John H Davies
7th June 2011
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