An excerpt from

T O N T O ' S _ R E V E N G E
By Adam Aitken • May 2011 • $3
Design by Eric Butler

from "The Day Danno Died":

The day Danno died
some old senators
and heroes of Pearl Harbour
last surviving ones
cried. They knew Danno
had done a lot for these islands.

The day Danno died
someone’s father entered
Harry’s Music Store
and bought his son
a Ukelele.

At Smiley’s Nails
someone mentioned in passing
that Danno had died.

Somehow, at Jimmy’s
Television Sales & Services
the owner thought
TV will never be the same,
now that Danno’s died.

Adam Aitken is a Thai-Australian living in Sydney, where he teaches Creative Writing. He was born in London and as a young child he was schooled in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. He has lived, worked and travelled widely through Asia and Europe, and was recently Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa. His poetry has appeared in Poetry, Tinfish, Drunken Boat and Jacket. This is his fifth collection of poems.

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