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1) On the way we would stop in a lay-by for tea.
2) With powdered milk and perhaps a chocolate biscuit.
3) While we were there we would take a turn to pee.
4) Dad would struggle to light the wretched gadget.
5) Mum would say ‘See you can smell the sea.’
6) Dad would say ‘By nine o’clock we’ll make it. With luck we’ll be able to park without a fee.’
7) The tea would scald and smell and taste of plastic.
8) Cars would pass the passengers looking pitifully.
9) The site of a folding family of four how tragic!
10) Our lay-by lives laid out for all to see.
A mum, a dad, a boy, a girl, just tea. A classic.
For once in these poems no lie no angst I’m happy.
December 3, 2014