Saturday 21 October 2017

THE LIFE OF RILEY

RENDEZVOUS
AS EARLY
AS POSS
CLOSE ON
TEN
GETTING 'EM IN
AT
  ONE-TWENTY-FIVE
A PINT
THE REGULARS
 THO MATES
BUYING THEIR OWN
&
 NO NEED
TO BREAK
 TO "P"
'TIL AFTER FOUR
HAS A
ROLL-UP
CHERISHED MEMORIES
OF
SHARED
 PACKS OF PLAYERS
BEHIND SCHOOL
BIKE-SHEDS
WITH
 SEVEN BROTHERS
WHO CAN PEE
HIGHEST
UP WALL?
OR
OVER BLACKBERRY-BUSH?
OR
INTO HARBOUR?
NEVER BELIEVED
THERE WOULD EVER BE
NO SMOKING
ON LICENSED PREMISES
AS WELL
BUT CHEERFUL
THAT CHEAPER 
PINTS TODAY
WILL COVER 
TAXI-FARE HOME
NO BUSES ANYMORE 
IN ANY EVENT 
 WOULDN'T DREAM
TO LEAVE
 RENDEZVOUS
AT
SUCH AN EARLY HOUR
AND
AS
GIGGLING OFFICE-GIRLS
PASS-OVER
TOWN-BRIDGE
IN
INDIAN-SUMMER-CHIC
OVER
HE MUTTERS
SOMETHING 'BOUT
SEVEN BRIDES
FOR  
SEVEN BROTHERS
HUMS A TUNE
SETS HIMSELF
AND
FOCUSES
ON SCALING
  RENDEZVOUS' STEPS
ADJUSTS
LEATHER BELT
 SHORTS & SATCHEL
 SHOULDERS
HIS WAY
TO ANOTHER
SKINFUL.
TIS HIS 
LIFE OF RILEY
TO BE SURE.
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21/NOV/2014
9/OCT/2017
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