cape town 1984
photograph by kevin smith
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sterling sylvia second year at university, first day and i sat on the steps, bored with the first-year faces passing fast on their way to class - shining full of expectation and yet so hesitantly dull. then, there you were, with your funny knickerbockers and your cap jauntily askew, seeming to saunter so confidently, casually through all the usual taboos. one look at your kaleidoscope jacket and i knew you'd be my soul-mate - that we were, somehow, fated. later i saw you, crying at the back of the bus and wondering why, ignored the wide,empty seats to choose the one beside you. looking back i think that that was the beginning of us, the kindling of our off-beat kinship/ forever-friendship, my sterling silverfish, long-wished-for sibling-sis. now unswimmable oceans divide us and husbands and children have placed apart our once inseparable hearts and i wish the world was just a little smaller, not so far unfurled because this side of the sea, my sister, missing you, i miss a big part of me. |
sterling sylvia - song
first time i saw you next time you cried was clear before me you'd be by my side sterling sylvia sterling child sterling sylvia so wild last time i saw you you had mellowed mild husband there for you baby by your side but i remember we were twins so tight none could come between now you are gone and how i miss you... sterling sylvia sterling child sterling sylvia so wild next time i see you we'll be side by side can't wait to see you wish this world weren't so wide cos i remember we were twins so tight none could come between now you are gone and how i miss you... sterling sylvia sterling child sterling sylvia so wild sterling sylvia silver sprite sterling sylvia so bright |
 cape town 1997 |  australia 1997 |
