Mickey Dalton
Mickey Dalton was quite well-known
an exceptional character of particular note
he charmed or bemused the beholder
playing the gent or acting the goat
for proverbial urination
Mickey hadn’t a pot or a bowl
but was always impeccably turned out
whenever he collected his dole
in fresh pressed suit and bowler hat
and a flower in his lapel
he marched with any creed on walking day
that dandy-dressed ne’er-do-well
Wiganers either knew or knew of him
Mickey Dalton was a household name
his biography featured in the Wigan Observer
such was his infamous fame
in his garden I saw him in his prime
whiling away the day and the hours
Josef Locke playing on a wind-up gramophone
as he watered his bright plastic flowers
regrettably and unfortunately though
his bite was worse than his bark
and he suddenly lost much favour
when the dandy became a police nark
J R Harris
Thu 9th Aug 2018 10:55
Thanks Sal. Glad you liked it. I could have written an epic manuscript on Mickey but I settled for an accurate summary.