Neville

Maybe Old but Not Daft

Maybe Old but Not Daft

 

He knew what

Her game was

He had seen it all before

 

The scanty two piece

The selfie, the pursing of lips

And the pouting

 

But under the circumstances

For him, trying to look interested

Was far easier said than done

 

After all, he was

An old man of the sea

And rarely spoke of nothing but

 

Harbours, of tides

Of jetties, the moon

And of marina’s and quays

 

But show him

A measure of sailcloth,

A rope makers awl, or an anchor

 

Then he be nobody’s fool, but a

Bloomin good fisher, a sailor, a husband

a father and friend through n through ..