{"id":1307,"date":"2008-07-18T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2008-07-18T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T16:23:07","slug":"the-lady-likes-them-young-by-louise-halvardson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/the-lady-likes-them-young-by-louise-halvardson\/","title":{"rendered":"The lady likes them young – by Louise Halvardson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lady who borrows youngsters<\/span>


There are no items to satisfy her request<\/span>
talking books about contemporary life don\u2019t exist<\/span>

She walks down the high street<\/span>
pulls youngsters from queues<\/span>
invites them for tea<\/span>
and line them up on her sofa<\/span>
in alphabetical order<\/span>

She wants to be told everything<\/span>
her eye-sight is too bad to read about<\/span>
DJ\u2019s, graffiti and raves<\/span>
the life of her grandchildren<\/span>
if she\u2019d had children<\/span>

When it gets dark mobiles<\/span>
makes an alarming noise<\/span>
the youngsters have been reserved<\/span>
for someone more important<\/span>
they want to be discharged<\/span>
back to their lives<\/span>

She takes the phones off them<\/span>
asks their families and friends<\/span>
if she can renew the loan<\/span>
she doesn\u2019t mind paying the fine<\/span>
if she can keep them<\/span>
for just a little longer<\/span>

But the reminders <\/span>
are piling up on the hall mat<\/span>
her license to borrow has expired.<\/span>



\u2022 Louise Halvardson was born in Sweden on a cold winter's day in 1982. When she was old enough she escaped to England and ended up in Brighton which inspired her to write a novel. It's called <\/span>Punkindustriell h\u00e5rdrockare med attityd<\/span> and was published in Sweden last year. She's also active, going by the stage name of Lou Ice, as a performance poet. www.myspace.com\/louicepoetry82<\/a>
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