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Sunday, 15 March 2015

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.

tymer:temper 



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