SAMSEZ
Samsez
His name was Sam
But he was always known as Samsez
He spoke of himsen in the third person
If Sam was gunna do summet,
He wun’t say “I’m gunna do summet”
He’d say “Sam’s gunna do summet”
Annoying or what?
That’s just the half of it
He began each sentence with the word Samsez
So it’d go
“Samsez… Sam’s gunna do summet”
His sad tales took on extra melancholy
When delivered in his own unique way of speaking
“Samsez… Sam’s skint”
“Samsez…. Somene’s nicked Sam’s wallet”
“Samsez…. Sam’s son Dave’s been in Sam’s room”
“Samsez…. Sam thinks it was him”
We confronted Dave to see what he had to say for himsen
He replied in his own unique way
“Davesez…. Dave din’t do it”
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
Jason Bayliss
Thu 22nd Aug 2019 16:28
It's funny, there's such a compelling insight in these characters for me because I grew up around many like them. I wish I could write like this, it's a really genuine snapshot of my memories of all those people I knew. Hope that makes sense?
J. x