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OLD
FOLKS’ DO
A
young lady sat down a jif
and
when I asked about life
she
said they were taught
never
to stereotype.
That
was a comfort
after
they’d given us plates
of
identical sandwiches
so
that we would not squabble.
When
asked of the war I said
men
of less truth than tongue
replied
to such pert queries
that
they had bagpiped at Balmoral.
We
were given one cup of tea,
a
choir two-thirds off key,
a
basket of chocs and sardines
and
a game of inexpert bingo.
I
clapped when the Senior Lady
said
this was down to her staff
whom
she all named exactly
so
none should feel neglected.
Alan
Marshfield
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