My brother Jonny and I sat on two wooden chairs opposite the bed hunched over our knees. Numb. The chairs had never got so much use as they did that morning nor would they get any kind of practical use…
My brother Jonny and I sat on two wooden chairs opposite the bed hunched over our knees. Numb. The chairs had never got so much use as they did that morning nor would they get any kind of practical use…
Mum, apron on, stirdy dinner ready for father’s return kids bathed, tumbled into pyjamas, awaiting their 20c lolly packet rousing reception – walks through the door cheap aftershave and cigar aroma lingers like an old worn photograph, yet it wasn’t like that then twas about the…