jui-jitsu training
I pass on some helpful tips
happy sensei
© Rachel Green October 2025
Newcastle May 3rd 1982
Resident halls for degree level students
a mixture of disciplines and mostly men
or boys, to be fair, with most of us prudent
to minimise problems with settling in.
Almost a year and like sleep-deprived bears
we are revising for ends and exams
when Lino* comes up from the flat downstairs
with a portable TV in the kitchen he slams.
The black-and-white flickering shows us a ship
that sinks in Atlantic cold water
the General Belgrano has been sunk with a flip
by the Lady of Iron with some torpedo slaughter.
Terrified students struck silent with shock
as the second hand ticks on the Third World War clock.
© Rachel Green October 2025
*I honestly can't remember his real name, but he was a Law student.**
** His friends called him Lino because he was always on the floor.
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