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Terry Collett
Poems
Apr 2015
DOING WHAT IN 1955.
YOU DID WHAT?
Janice's gran shouted
I fired a bow and arrow
Janice repeated
fired a bow and arrow?
Janice nodded
she wasn't going
to repeat it again
she knew her gran
would go off
the deep end
if she told her
but she couldn't
tell a lie
it was too complex
and required
a good memory
but when her gran
asked her where
she'd been and what
she'd been doing
she had to tell the truth
even ifΒ Β it meant
a spanking
where about?
Gran asked
the bomb site
on Meadow Row
Janice said
doubling her chances
of punishment
what have I told you
about bomb sites?
not to go there
Janice said timidly
who were you with?
Gran asked
eyeing her grand-daughter
with her beady eyes
Benedict
Janice replied
Benedict?
and it was his
bow and arrow?
Janice nodded
and does his mother
know he has one?
yes she gave him
the money for it
Janice said
her gran sat down
on a chair
which indicated
that punishment
was coming
and where did you
fire the arrow?
at a wall
Janice said
what wall?
Gran asked
of a bomb out house
Janice informed
her gran looked
at the floor
then up at Janice again
and why a wall?
Janice hesitated
then said
Benedict drew a man
on the wall
with a head and heart
to aim at
drew a man?
her gran said
with chalk
Janice added
her gran sat back
in the chair
her hands on her knees
Janice knew now
punishment
was certain
and wished she could
stretch the truth
as Benedict was able
her gran sighed
and gazed at her
well you've told the truth
can't punish you for that
but don't do it again
or next time
you'll know
what to expect
Janice took in
a deep breath
and nodded her head
as Gran got up
off the chair
and gave her a sturdy stare.
A GIRL AND HER GRANDMOTHER AND TELLING THE TRUTH IN 1955.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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