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Sounds Good! · Aug 20, 2026

Poem: Harry at 50

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Simon Sweetman · Sounds Good!

I tell a mate I’m into Nilsson,
listening — but also writing
about him; evoking.

He goes, “didn’t pick you
for a Nilsson fan, but welcome
aboard, glad to share the boat”.

I said I was swimming alongside
since I was sixteen or so, but
something hit me lately.

Probably it was turning 50,
knowing I was chasing Harry,
wouldn’t be long until I’d passed him.

“Yes” he said. “I get that very much,
I understand. That resonates”.
I told him I’m working through

a bunch of stuff, and a little
ooh-wah, ooh-wah, oh-wah-wah-wah
goes a bloody long way.

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