#2356 -- a footlong dog at the burgermaster fifty years ago

 

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a footlong dog at the Burgomaster fifty years ago

boys’ own

 

who could we cram behind the backseat of the beetle?

T!  A drove his tripping once, not far

that cannot have been a good idea

 

mainly we were on foot until then

or else on two wheels, self propelled

and sometimes there were brakes

 

the train for more remote adventures

there was the Charles, there was the Greengate

no bouncers, but they’d size you up

 

there was the uncles’ Christmas Scotch

mum and dad didn’t drink, would never miss

three of us down at the old quarry

 

a three way split, vomit

these, it turned out

were all survival skills