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Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. Falklands One
Ah' Chris mate. 8th June 1982. Falklands One
Ah’ Chris mate,
What a fate,
We’d laughed
and cavorted
Before the fun.
I’d had sex
In Pompey
And lots of rum.
It’d take a lot
To make us run.
You in your engine room
Me in mine.
All seemed well
All seemed fine.
Your ship
Was knightly
Mine was grey.
As we both looked
Out on that mis...
Tuesday 16th February 2021 10:54 am
Stories to tell early 1980
Cathy was my friend.
I was twenty.
Cathy was twenty three.
she worked
at British Home Stores.
On the counter
where lipstick
and smells jostled.
Colours for the nose.
Candy for the eye.
She was pretty.
Very pretty.
We’d meet in
The pub.
“The Cheese”.
We’d drink.
We’d get stoned.
And go and
have sex.
We didn’t
make love.
...
Sunday 10th February 2019 11:05 pm
68 Grafton St 1977
We took acid
Saw things
We stumbled across
Hull university
Fields
With reds and yellows
Blues and glowing
Things floating
In our heads
So funny
We laughed
And called and yelled
And danced
And pretended
We were famous
Musicians
And we went home
We became a football team
And kicked the ball in
The living room
Where we did
Everythin...
Saturday 9th February 2019 6:15 pm
A night out in Jack Dempsy's bar New York. 1980.
Oh god. Oh Dear.
A hangover in New York New York.
Small recollections through
hazes of alcohol pulsed pain.
Shaking fingers fumbling
for coffee and cigarette.
In a dark wood cased cabin
from sweat stinking bunk.
A million other people
who jerked through the same dance
Night before around the world.
I stepped in time with you.
On subways that fled past
...
Sunday 3rd February 2019 10:11 pm
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