JOHN
John
who was a man
who would bet
on anything
and had a
staunch hatred
of anything German
as his father
was a victim
of world war two
died just days
before
England beat Germany
5 – 1 at football
it's a dead cert
he would have
hated to know
he'd missed that
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
NEVER FOREVER
the days
when we thought
– everything
is forever
until it isn't –
have long gone
now much older
and wiser
we realise
that
– nothing
is forever
even if it is –
* Colin Cross lives in Norwich and is a regular IS&T contributor
