LISTEN UP, SON
Listen up son:
i've known cash, folding
the sluttiness of it,
how persuasive it can be.
Dirty, used notes
no truck with morality.
Once or twice cash has come easy
in plenty,
lifted me up, then brought me down.
Those days are over,
lost with Securicor vans,
balaclava raids, sawn - offs.
Lost to an artificial world
of numbers crunched on screens,
stony faced soft boys
tapping out money with poncy fingers
behind glass,
sort of sneaky,
sort of upper middle class.
No clout in carrying little silly cards,
so you can stick those where the sun don't shine.
You stick to your methods,
i'll stick to mine.
raypool
Wed 28th Feb 2018 22:22
I've had to come out of hiding to answer this lot - very hush hush, savvy?
Bang on about Hoskins David, compelling stuff! There's a certain odour of romance with the old hard men - polished by verbals in basic boozers. (brown envelopes, I always got cash in them on gigs.
Sorry Col. Wales has always had the hard edge and the strong men, but it doesn't 'old up to wot happened down 'ere, know what i'm saying? I like your linguistic style though!!
Hannah, you do have it right - a very male dominant symbol back in the day. I remember my father's firm of solicitors making a sale of a house, and the buyer (rough and ready type) paying with cash in the fifties. Most irregular, he was told. Thanks for your compliment.
Whatever turns you on, New Shoes, thanks for sharing. Funny how words can mean many things. These old fellas were usually family men, if you get my drift.
Funny thing, Suki. I'm old enough to remember some banks had just counters in the fifties. Then the screens went up, now in my local it's all open plan. (No cash worth nicking). You're right: the government bailing them out - diabolical liberty I call it.
Thanks Mark, what a great word, blaggers. That must have been something. I remember a lady pianist telling me that she often worked for villains; one day she got paid by one in Scottish pound notes. In the news next day, she read there had been a bank raid in Glasgow.
Back to you David. I'd not heard that - but how appropriate! I believe that compensation was paid to slave owners after the abolition, amounting to very large sums, forming the backbone of some early banks.
Thanks for your like, Ruby.
Love all around. Ray