A Lost Cobber

I heard it in the evening
As I vetted reports in the office
The sun was waning
And the air was cool

A friend of his came in to say
You had died from your own hand
The life you led as a copper had done you in
And I am left to wonder now how it happened.

© Paul Warren Poetry
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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