Terraced Soldiers

brightly colored 

terraced tombs

standing

holding their secrets

bed rooms

bad rooms

tin baths

Mam's teats

collier boy

no privacy in the privy

even for a Dad with a bad 'tymer'

Dad-cu ties the Dickie bow

before going down the club to sing with the choir

"One more Calon Lan boys

before they take me to the Crem"

A pint in the Resurrection

and a shuffle off home

for tea

in the

Terraced Soldiers.

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