apprentice

Cherry

By torscot

Thu, 09 Apr 2015
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apprentice

 

…and what shall we do with him

 

she asked

 

he can do some work for me…  

 

he  said

 

…and so it was 

i joined  the family  firm 

on a monday 

full of sunshine and promise

 

out in the new van

the colour chosen 

by a salesman 

with gold teeth…

 

who said

 

…a strong colour 

for a business 

will attract 

customers…

 

about the lad

 

gold tooth asked 

looking at me

from 

a distance

 

…not the sharpest but he’ll do for now

 

he replied

 

…i heard the talk

and closed the lid 

on my new tool box  

full of blunted dreams…

Certificate U
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Love the voices, poignant.

Submitted by torscot on

Thanks PS for taking time out and commenting

Short and bitter indeed.

Family ties with a twist

torscot

Submitted by hilary west on

Sounds like real life!

 

Submitted by torscot on

"...Sounds like real life!..."    How true, even in a family business zero contracts exsist.

 

torscot

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Great writing, torscot.  Well deserving of its cherry.

Sand Ladysmiley

 

Submitted by torscot on

Late as ever with a reply of thanks to you Sandlady.

Such is the speed of  new posts on to ABC I lag well behind in catching  up.

Take care

 

torscot

Submitted by EB on

Really sad.

Submitted by torscot on

Thank you for commenting EB

 

ps   Pleased to read that you, as a newbie, have now have posted a piece.

Off now to read it

regards

torscot

Submitted by scratch on

Oof - a solid punch at the end.  Well done torscot.

 

Submitted by torscot on

Always there with your valued  support in reading my tales Scratch

Much appreciated and thanks

Regards

 

torscot

Submitted by torscot on

A late thanks to the Ed's for my cherry, and another  greatful thanks for granting me cherries for the 

"Woke up this morning"    competition

Kind regards

torscot

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

Sad... moving... nice poem!