04-17-2014, 05:25 PM
Eighty years to my eight,
they lived out of sync with the date.
Another world that existed; pre-sixties plastic and sex.
Nanny had been retained as house keeper,
Ma played with ponies and Pa still dabbled in the city.
It was like living in a period drama show.
Except, that everything had more weight;
Shabby, draughty, dusty and cold, but
the layered blankets and feather filled
comforter was cosier than polyester and foam.
For four formative years, I lived in,
Sir (Dam and blast it FJ) always introduced me as “AJ”.
With Mrs S, her “Girl that does”
To Nanny I was simply Alice.
I learned how to garden on a grand scale,
herd horses, make ice cream and bake cakes.
I’m not quite sure when the exchange was made.
My parents felt I had gone too far when I could
cook, present and partake with evident ease,
eight courses of fine dining. At some unrecalled point,
I left a Formica table and sat down at a round, ancient oak
table for eight and never made the return journey.
A bit of a cheat to day as three peeopl and a place.
they lived out of sync with the date.
Another world that existed; pre-sixties plastic and sex.
Nanny had been retained as house keeper,
Ma played with ponies and Pa still dabbled in the city.
It was like living in a period drama show.
Except, that everything had more weight;
Shabby, draughty, dusty and cold, but
the layered blankets and feather filled
comforter was cosier than polyester and foam.
For four formative years, I lived in,
Sir (Dam and blast it FJ) always introduced me as “AJ”.
With Mrs S, her “Girl that does”
To Nanny I was simply Alice.
I learned how to garden on a grand scale,
herd horses, make ice cream and bake cakes.
I’m not quite sure when the exchange was made.
My parents felt I had gone too far when I could
cook, present and partake with evident ease,
eight courses of fine dining. At some unrecalled point,
I left a Formica table and sat down at a round, ancient oak
table for eight and never made the return journey.
A bit of a cheat to day as three peeopl and a place.