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Terry Collett
Poems
May 2014
HELEN AND THE GUNS.
Why do you wear
your guns back to front
in the holsters?
Helen asked me
as we walked
the bomb site
by Meadow Row
I saw this cowboy
in a film
at the cinema
have his like this
and you cross
your hands over
and get your guns
isn't it slower
that way?
she asked
no it's speed that matters
not how
you wear your guns
I said
I showed her
how quick I was
and she stood bemused
clutching her doll
Battered Betty
tightly to her chest
haven't you got
caps in your guns
to make them
sound real?
she asked
no I ran out
and anyway
I can make
the sound myself
by going
BANG BANG
she jumped away
holding Battered Betty
to her chest
you could have told me
you were going
to make that loud
banging noise
Betty got frightened
I looked at her
tightly woven plaits
of hair
and thick lens glasses
and her small hands
holding the doll
sorry Betty
I said
patting the doll's head
I put the guns away
and we walked
to the New Kent Road
and along
under the railway bridge
and by the Trocadero cinema
gazing at the billboards
and small pictures
of films
being shown
you can come
with me here
on Saturday
I said
they've got
a good cowboy film
showing
haven't any money
for the cinema
Mum said
she can't afford it
Helen said
my old man'll
cough up some money
if I ask
I said
she looked at me
Mum'll let me go
if you ask her
Helen said
ok let's go
ask her now
I said
so we walked
to Helen's house
and I told her
about how I practised
drawing my guns
everyday
she looked at Betty
but whether
she was listening
to me
or not
I couldn't say.
A BOY AND GIRL IN 1950S LONDON.
#girl
#boy
#doll
#six
#toy
#london
#1950s
#shooters
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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