"Suddenly you froze, said you hadn't any bus fare.
I sighed, said you should go and ask Mum
and while you windmilled home I looked at Paul.
His smile, like mine, said I was nine and he was ten
and we must stroll the town, doing what grow-ups do."
Worried he wont be able to go with and join in. Metaphor, childlike, suggests clumsyness, innocence, joyful, playful. Non-verbal communication, dubious children, making a plan. Think they are so old and mature compared to this brother. Grown-ups world, slowly, with condidence. Think they are grown-ups, longing to be older, be able to do what they want.
"As a bus crested the hill we chased Olympic Gold.
Looking back I saw you spring towards the gate,
your hand holding out what must have been a coin.
I ran on, unable to close the distance I'd set in motion."
Think they are going very fast, child dreams, trying to get away from brother. Innocence, excitement, happy that he can join in. Symbol of friendship, he got the money so he could join in with his brother. No matter how hard he tries to close the gap between them so they aren't anything to do with each other, they are still brothers so they will always have each other. Started a rift now, never been fixed, made a distance between them that can never be closed.
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