December (c) 2013 Miles Whinfrey
My Story; Miles Whinfrey, aged 40 1/3
I was a Shire Lad from birth to the age of 6,
In 1979 I was a Hoosier,
Thereafter I was transatlantic like Rod Stewart,
I was academically neutral but essentially a humanist,
Lova De Pasta in 1982 during family visit, and laid Nonno to rest in 1988,
I went to University in 1993, multiculturalism,
and where no expense was sparred,
Some would say I walked a Mile in others shoes for a while,
others that I found my level,
I muddled through and kept my head down, didn’t get my head down,
Gradually qualifications materialised,
Suburban life lived, the commute to work, hardly grind,
I partook of finer things too,
I stood and stared my fair share- like I should have,
Constructed a presence in the psyche,
I gained acceptance in the Shire and was solvent,
That’s where I am now- what fun,
Where will ambition take me next?