{"id":1670,"date":"2009-04-15T12:33:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2009-04-15T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T12:33:03","slug":"rachel-fox-has-been-watching-dads-army-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/rachel-fox-has-been-watching-dads-army-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Fox has been watching Dad's army in the park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dads army<\/span>


In combat trousers<\/span>
Some long<\/span>
Some short<\/span>
They wear the modern camouflage<\/span>
For parks and play areas<\/span>
It's a must<\/span>
The beige and grey and khaki green<\/span>
Nice modern men blend in<\/span>
Avoid unnecessary conversations<\/span>
Mums can't seem to dodge so well<\/span>
These are the loaded guns<\/span>
\u201cHe's very small isn't he?\u201d<\/span>
\u201cDoes she eat fruit?\u201d<\/span>
\u201cOh, an only child\u201d<\/span>

Shaven heads<\/span>
Sunglasses<\/span>
Trainers in winter<\/span>
Maybe risking open sandals<\/span>
In summer<\/span>
But in a neutral colour<\/span>
Dads keep their mouths closed<\/span>
Their eyes and ears open<\/span>
Not at war but always prepared<\/span>
They don't fall in traps<\/span>
Mums could learn a lot from their approach<\/span>
No hearts on sleeves<\/span>
No nervous wittering<\/span>
No defensive play<\/span>
Just cropped heads steady<\/span>
Resolve firm<\/span>
No time wasted<\/span>
We're here to play, kids<\/span>
So play<\/span>


* <\/span><\/font>Rachel Fox lives in Montrose in Scotland. She has a book called More about the song<\/span> (reviewed on IS&T on Sunday 6th July 2008), a busy blog at \u2013 http:\/\/crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com<\/a>\/ \u2013 and a website of the same name \u2013 www.crowd-pleasers.net<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dads armyIn combat trousersSome longSome shortThey wear the modern camouflageFor parks and play areasIt's a mustThe beige and grey and khaki greenNice modern men blend inAvoid unnecessary conversationsMums can't seem to dodge so wellThese are the loaded guns\u201cHe's very small isn't he?\u201d\u201cDoes she eat fruit?\u201d\u201cOh, an only child\u201dShaven headsSunglassesTrainers in winterMaybe risking open sandalsIn summerBut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}