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Having A Drink With The Old Man

John D Robinson

I had left her in bed
it was early morning
and we needed
a loaf of bread;
by chance or fate
or bad luck
we met
and he asked
“Do you fancy a drink?”
“Of course” I said
“Where?” he asked
“Your choice” I answered;
we ended up on a
ferry crossing the
channel to Belgium
and for three days
and nights we stayed
drunk and crazy and
slept a few hours in
a bus depot and we
staggered into carnivals
and danced with
nuns and kissed the
hands of fat barmaids
and then
3 days later
returned home,
weak and fragile and
vulnerable
but my lady was angry
very angry;
“You bastard! I’ve
been phoning hospitals
and police stations for
3 fucking days, I didn’t
know if you were
dead or alive!”
she screamed
“You’re a lousy
thoughtless beast
and you didn’t even
bring back a fucking
loaf of bread!”.

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