Seaside · Surprise!
A poem by Graham Millard
Let 's go to the coast they said, and I had to agree,
there's nothing that 's so bracing as a day down by the sea.
Some suggested Yarmouth, I really had a fright on,
cos the only place I had in mind was on a train to Brighton!
We can 't go at the weekend the train don 't go straight through,
so Wednesday was agreed on and down the track we flew.
Ohl sure it started raining (about this I'd had nightmares)
cos on the previous Saturday it was bloody hot in Broadstairs I
But no it rained and we got soaked, downhearted? .... Nol still merry
Cos not long now and we 'II be there to surprise our old mate Jerry!
Now "surprise " was right .... ... say that again,
arcade was closed because of rain.
Assurance didn 't help the scene, he 'd be open, it said, in the magazine.
So we needed a bit of cheer and got fish and chips beyond the pier.
And then we ventured on to it, looking back it was the same,
the shutters down, no one about and all because of rain.
We wandered through the arcades, and they were really full,
all machines electric, no handles there to pull.
And then outside my greatest fear, a seagull that had diarrhoea!
And yes it was a perfect hit, and I was covered all in SAND! I I
We made our way and headed home, still soaking and still wet,
but everyone was smiling ... ... not a day we could forget.
And as we headed North again the sun of course came out,
but that 's the British weather, that 's what it 's all about!
I 'm sorry that we missed you and basically that 's that,
my friends said that they send their love,
From Maurice and from Pat!
Graham Millard
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