Melbourne, 1967 – Henry Bolte was well on his way to being the longest serving Premier of Victoria; the Bart Cummings-trained horse, Red Handed, took the Melbourne Cup; Englebert Humperdink had the top selling single in the country; and Ronald Ryan became the last man ever to be hanged at Pentridge Prison. Go-Set was the bible for those in the music scene and hopeful bands posed for fleeting posterity along the little dogleg from Little Bourke to Exhibition St. Like Alicia Sometimes, you can go remember what might have been. BYO cigarette lighter.

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This poem is a part of The Long Story.