Writing Wellington: Twenty Years of Victoria University Writing Fellows
2 Weku
2 Weku
He'd a stupid grin, like he was
making out some other lecher—
may he rot in hell!—could
be the culprit. Should have
heard the piwakawaka!
The leaves concealing them
rippled with their merriment.
Any other time I'd have
not
when I'm sporting the pair
of horns he put on me.
Couldn't let it pass, could I?
when my pride and honour,
yeah, and dignity
as a man, were at stake.