A quarter of a century gone© GERALD ENGLAND
Tot up the score
of memories stolen from the store
Why do I bother celebrate
this yearly anniversary date
as if time meant something more
than the daily grind of fun ?
A couple of cards from mum and dad and auntie Fan
Another three of these and I'll be
getting a telegram from the Queen
Still it'll all be over and done
tomorrow anyway for an old hasbeen
but a helluva lot still to see
before the lid goes down on the old man
with but a quarter of a century gone
Composed: Sheffield, 21st December 1971
1976 MEETINGS AT THE MOOR'S EDGE (West Kirkby, Headland)
long may you continue with your wonderful humour before the lid goes down, Gerald
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