Returning from Katoomba
After playing against Katoomba High.
An unscheduled stop
At Woodford
A busfull of boys
Surge into the store.
Teachers powerless
Shopkeeper horrified.
Boys fly out,
Loading the bus, laughing.
Pockets bulging.
Her [shopkeeper’s] haunted silence
Saddened eyes
Piercing mine.
This time innocent …
But burning an everlasting guilt.
365 Short Memories 
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