their mobiles but not their minds
on what's around them
Tittle Tattle
It was Mr Pym who runs the gym
who said Mr Gummer - he's our plumber
had mate
Mr Tilda - he's the builder
who's doing our extension
admidst all this tension
he knew the lady - Mrs Maxi,
she the one who drives the taxi
who caught Mr Mickey - he's the brickie
"laying bricks" if you you know what I mean
with her - at number 2-15
and the mother-in-law
said she saw
Mrs Meacher - you know the teacher
with Mrs Top - at the corner shop
and felt she saw Mr Mars - he the one who fixes cars
kissing Mrs Hatcher - she the one who married the thatcher
Mr Catt - or something like that
then set light to the bar
which belonged to Mrs Parr
so they called the nurse in somewhat of a hurry,
I think her name is - Mrs Curry
and of course PC Hopper - the local copper
was dragged from his bed
it was his own one they said
because Mr Goad - who mends the road
said he knew they wouldn't get through
for the high street was closed
a detour imposed
for Mr Proctor was "under the doctor"
Dr Dean - if you know what I mean
and that Mrs Palmer - the local farmer
eloped with Mr Smithern-Bain
you know the posh bloke with the plane!
Well that's what they said
no truer word
...I think that's the story
so I heard!
Morning
It's morning
any morning
every morning
this morning
yesterday morning
probably tomorrow morning
neighbours leave their houses
some on foot
some on bikes
some head to the station
some in cars
some with others
some without
some pack their children and all their stuff
...some get in alone.
Morning sounds are heard
fumbling keys
slamming doors
barking dogs
starting engines
passing trains
raised voices
arguments!
then vehicles disperse
Mums with toddlers - noisily walk
School girls in a huddle - tap on screens
regretting the length of their skirts
teachers with briefcases - off to influence young minds
rail engineers sleep - after a night keeping our railways safe
plumbers out to fix leaks
install
mend - anything that involves water
some in suits and lanyards
to move money around?
insure things?
sell things?
design things?
lecture on things - who knows?
Vintners go to sell bottles of
petrol station cashiers to keep the country moving
supermarket workers to keep us all fed
health workers to keep us well
entrepreneurs to carry on running all those companies that we can't do without
and those lucky enough not to have to leave...
...sleep on!
I Don't Really Drink Beer
at a Parisian cafe
I sat at a tableoutside on the street
under an awning
under the Parisian sky
the waiter enquired
and I ordered a beer
just a beer
"une bière s’il vous plaît"
an essential phrase for a Brit in Paris to know
and when it came
I drank
slowly I drank
cold beer from a glass
...and it was wonderful!
now
looking back
all those years
I now understand
I know what it was...
it was 10% the beer
but 90% the location!
...as I don't really drink beer!
Gold
Gold is lucky - so some believe
but I'm not sure - and here's why
I had an accident with my ring
which nearly brought a tear to my eye
because my precious wedding band broke
this I found to be most upsetting
because I'm a very sensitive bloke
I caught my ring on a passing handle
and nearly lost my finger!
so there it lays in a bottom draw
forever more to linger
(the ring not my finger BTW!)
so now I wear a different ring
it's still a band of gold
it was my grandads Cignet ring
well that's what I've been told!
A colliery man; a musical man
he played in the colliery band
so happy am I to know that I
have his gold on my left hand!
So...
Gold - lucky? Maybe not!
my ring-finger is still in pain
at least I have what's left of my ring
and didn't
loose it
down a drain
...and I've still got my ring - repurposed
wrapped around a golden chain
The F.A. Cup Final
When I was a kid it was a very big day
a Saturday to beat all others - except for Christmas and birthdays of course
I wasn't that fussed about the world cup
we were never the same since 1966
especially after we had a West Ham man as captain.
Both channels showed the whole match live
you could flick between channels if you could be bothered to get up to push the button!
At our house
Mum scheduled meals around it
even though no-one really followed football
it was about the only time we got to see live footy on the telly
Both channels went mad with the coverage
they were at the team hotels
on the coaches to Wembley - which was quite a technical feet in those days!
It was;
"what the teams ate"
and
"what the teams wore"
there were crowds waving flags along the route
and interviews with family members - it was a very big day!
Coverage started in the morning!
Now,
even if your team hadn't made it to the final
even if you didn't have a team
or even,
even if you didn't care about football
or even if your team was West Ham like me
and as such a final didn't happen very often
everyone had an opinion on the outcome!
Of course as a West Ham fan
which I became after
Kevin "Benny the" Ball
came to our primary school from London
and he supported West Ham
and I being a very impressionable ten year old
what better team for me to follow!
So the 1975 F.A. cup final was simply too much!
We were in it
and we won!
2 - 0 against Fulham
Alan Taylor's two goals
Trevor Brooking and all
I was on cloud nine!
Nowadays
I'm not so fussed about it
I'm not really fussed about football truth be told
I'm too old to even understand the modern style of the game
why they play the way they do
why they fall down so easily after the slightest touch
and their Oscar winning performances on the ground
and quite what is going on with players hair cuts!
and the top players - for it is usually the top teams that make the final
earn a fortune every month!
It doesn't do it for me anymore
I don't get it!
I don't understand - but I do still support West Ham!
"Come on you irons!"
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