Grandad Ted.

trick outnumbered
swansong
deteriorates
ameliorateable
decriptions
of oafism
and tongues
I sit with my mother and we speak
and I remember cold moulded boot dirt from on the stairs
her anger
a hole in the wall
the carpet, the cat,
amblings
cockington woodwork
the red nosed bastard and livingstone fagin
David Koresh
77 Stotfield Rd
Robin Hood
They all come to no good don't they
Do they not?
Do they?
Who?
Do we?
The butchers shop. Details of thirst and dizziness
a pain in the lower back from exhaustion and hedge hopping
dehydrated hedges hopped for your great dissatisfaction and apples taken at will
Frogs smashed with wooden mallet
Gnomes nicked.
No PCSO's
The Googly; the gollywogs
The buggers nicked 'is ball
OOOOOOh Liam
"Come And Get Your Dinner"
in the fan club
with David Harpin, Trevor Cole and Maurice Seagrave.
through the bushes
between the fence
mrs hughes not in?
apples.
Jam sandwiches, weetabix, egg bacon and sliced potatoes fried and dripping and bread and beans and cheese grilled straight on to the plate.