Dynevor Road (1-4)
domestic vignettes from when i lived with my grandparents in the 1970’s
1.Brawn
Half a pig’s head
lies forgotten
having fallen
behind the electrolux
*
The rising damp
in the understair larder
hiding the sickly scent
of a brawn
*
never made
*
2. Teeth
*
Like Granny
in Red Riding Hood.
Teeth for all to see;
on the bedside table.
All rictus grin
and lacking bite.
*
I lived in fear
Of the goodnight kiss.
*
3. Bathtime
*
Sitting in front of the fire
in the parlour
in a tin bath
of second-hand
luke warm water
*
Watching Sunday Night
At the London Palladium
*
Granddad knocks
his pipe ash
Into the water.
*
Neither Norman Vaughan
Nor Jim Dale
Nor the Tiller Girls
Comment on this outrage.
4. Bladder
*
Five flights
in total darkness
One light switch
from a ‘30s installation
at the bottom of the stairs
*
that spiral towards
the parlour and through
the dead locked door
to the outside toilet
*
I sit behind the door
with a foot high gap
breaking the ice
*
to be continued . . .
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