Zoot Suit

Dad was a Naval Man
Demob happy swung my mother in her circular skirt
There on the dockside
Her skirt - polka dot spotted
Made a wide circle
She was light as a girl then
Light as a girl
With the smile of a girl
And no warning came in darkened skies
No thunder gathered
There was only him in his suit
Her - polka dotted with the smile of a girl
The great wide ache of life beckoning
Two, hand in hand - hopeful
Walked the quayside
Plans slapped the dock
Like carefree footfalls
A house, a child said the flat echoes
And gulls called like infants
In the high blue