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It Sounded Good

John D Robinson

Coming from the seeds of a
sea-side drunk and a regular
school cook I had a head start
on some I guess,
but it didn’t always feel
like it
as when the tutor would ask
each pupil on the
occupation of his father;
okay, I was spoilt with four
choices;
drinking; gambling; fighting
and incompetent burglar
and all around I heard;
builder; shop-keeper; labourer;
policeman; road sweeper;
factory worker; taxi driver;
school tutor; driving instructor
and so on; now and then a
boy would say
“He’s in prison”
and there would be sniggers
of hushed laughter and I
knew how the boy was feeling;
not ashamed of his father but
not knowing him like the other
boys with regular and
conventional parents, but
loved him with the same passion
and when asked my
father’s occupation, I would
sometimes answer
“My father’s an anthropologist”
it sounded good but I
didn’t know what an
anthropologist did and neither
did the other boys and the
tutor would smile through a
puzzled frown before
moving on to the next boy.

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