Wednesday, 26 January 2011

The End of the 80s




              THE END OF THE 80s

              That last afternoon
              we went out in the car
              slowly up the hill we call the Low,
              wary of a traffic-shy horse.
              We found ourselves dead-ended
              where roads led only to muddy farms,
              dingy council estates or the moor's edge.
              Up the top of a hill we call the Down
              we stopped at the cafe
              for tea and toast and brocolli soup,
              then edged our dull way home
              across the mist-marooned moors.

             ©  GERALD ENGLAND

Composed: Gee Cross, 31st December 1989

Publication

1990 Quickenings (USA)


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  1. Gwil W27 January 2011 at 16:09

    Gerald, very well captured.

    2 Britons returning from an Alpine a skiing holiday followed their GPS SatNav which led them up a wrong road and they subsequently crashed into a roadside chapel which they demolished. Car was also write off. Better to go slowly over the Down in the old fashioned way - as in the 80's. My goodness, time moves on. The 80's. It seems so long ago now. It seems like the 60's.

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