PRETENDING 1955

PRETENDING 1955

A Poem by Terry Collett
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A BOY AND GIRL IN LONDON IN 1955

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I'm 7
a young kid
and see her

young Helen
plaited hair
thin wired

spectacles
her large eyes
deep staring

I show her
the toy gun
lifting it

from the dark
brown holster
is it real?

she asks me
not really
only if

you pretend
I tell her
her lips form

an oval
o I see
and she gives

the toy gun
back to me
she shows me

her baby
in a pram
is it real?

I ask her
not really
only if

I pretend
she replies
I don't ask

to hold it
just in case
it lets wee

(pretending)
over me.

© 2015 Terry Collett


Author's Note

Terry Collett
PHOTO BY COLIN o' BRIEN

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Added on August 14, 2015
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Tags: KIDS, BOY, GIRL, LONDON, 1955

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Terry Collett
Terry Collett

United Kingdom



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Terry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..

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