Sitting in front of the tv
Homework sprawled over the carpet
His mother twinsetted and pearl'd
bringing in the afternoon tea
Espied her young son's eyeballs
hanging out of his head
"What a common girl
Probably foreign"
she tutted disapprovingly
meaning
Don't bring one of those home
Piers understood
Piers also understood that
he would never find a woman
like this at the West Pymble
Patsy Aspinall Dancing School
He topped the year in French
This was a start he thought
And then began the quest
to find his Boticelli Venus
Arising from the Waves
A simple slice of life, a tableau, but so much potential from that incident in the life of your protagonist. Well-crafted!
ReplyDeletehaha he has a plan...work the plan...chase the goal...mom will be fine...smiles....i think she might have inspired a few to similar goals...smiles.
ReplyDeleteErrr Brian...Mom was not fine. Evidently this young lady was inspirational to a lot of young boys during this period. DR NO was a raging success with high school boys.
ReplyDeleteI like the humour in this. Well written :)
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