Goodbye Derek Brien,
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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