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Terry Collett
Poems
Nov 2014
OUT WITH HELEN.
I met Helen
by the Trocadero cinema
after school
after tea
I mustn't be late
must be home
by 7 not 8
or my mum said
she'll tan my backside
a bright red
Helen said
ok I'll walk you
home in time
I said
we looked
at the photos outside
on the walls
and inside
in the foyer
of the film
and film stars
the coloured pictures
the bright lights
then we walked down
the road
to the subway
and down and up
the other side
and looked
at the photos
at the ABC
cinema
it was smaller
more compact
the glass doors
open
the inside
inviting
the bright lights
and large pictures
of the actors
and actresses
Robert Taylor
Doris Day
John Wayne
and others
then we walked
down the road
to the fish and chip shop
and looked in
through the window
what can we afford?
I asked
I have no money
she said
I've 6d
I said
that'll but us
some chips to share
so we went in
and asked
for 6d worth of chips
and the guy gave us
some crackling too
and we went over
by the wall and seats
and sat
in the warm
and ate our food
and she said
that boy Cogan
said I looked
like a four eyed chimp
do I?
no you look pretty
I said
he can't talk
he has glasses too
and looks
like a chimp
not you
she smiled
and took off
her thin wired
NHS glasses
and wiped them
on with the hem
of her dress
then put them
on again
and as we
looked outside
it was gushing down
with dull grey rain.
A BOY AND GIRL IN 1950S LONDON.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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