I stoop to pick up
a dropped coin on the shiny floor beneath me...
but my reflection gets there
first and snatches it from me.
(Tanka) Soldier
Wishing a soldier
well and to keep his head down
and to remain safe
is a bit optimistic
given what his work entails
Falsehoods
Those fake nails are real,
it's his smile that isn't true.
That wig is undeniably a real wig,
but I don't think he's a real drag queen!
That stone clad wall isn't real stone cladding
but the plastic guttering is made from genuine plastic,
unlike your happiness!
The front of that building is just a facade.
Don't you mock my Tudor!
Her tan is real,
she got it from a can,
but the veneers on her teeth aren't bona fide!
I forgot goldfish have three second memories,
anyway that's a real distortion of the facts!
People saying most of the bodies heat is lost through their heads makes my blood boil!
Those falsehoods he didn't make up seemed legitimate
isn't a thing that is not what its purported to be; just a sham?
I don't believe you!
Nepoleon was short,
but then everyone was really short in those days,
and bulls aren't colourblind
so I red
Are we ready to go!
The early morning rush...
Wake up your shirt.
Shower everyones breakfasts.
Are the kids ironed?
Feed your tie.
Wake up the children sports kit
Pack the children.
Eat your car.
Locate your toast.
Run a hair brush across your mobile.
Brush their packed lunches.
Find your hair!
Strap in the cats breakfast.
Grab a slice of laptop.
Unplug and pack their dinner money.
Load your teeth!
Get everyone out of the cat.
Has everyone gone..?
...are we ready to go?!
We now really understand
We were...
innocent,
inexperienced,
young green shoots,
laughing at jokes we didn't get
the songs of the time we didn't care for
but now we think
these were the soundtracks of our childhood.
Chasing girls but we didn't know why
with our friends
class mates
best mates!
We were sons and brothers
knowing little - but we discovered
stepping out
exploring the boundaries.
We played football in a school playground - now demolished
discovered cigarettes down at the park - now built upon
chased love - whatever that was!
We knew little
it's all now a long time ago
just memories.
This was our upbringing
the place where good times were stamped into our hearts
the place that made us
the place before the world
shaped us into what you see today
inflicting the scars that gave us wisdom.
We became husbands
fathers
some of us grandfathers
complete in life
now putting our feet up
having watched our children
innocent and inexperienced
young green shoots
laughing at jokes they didn't get
they stepped out
and explored their boundaries
and chased girls
found love
a subject which
through them...
we now really understand.
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