Inspired by portrait of a middle-aged gentleman, on display in a Prado Lounge Café Bar (artist’s name unknown by poet!).
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Portrait in Prado Lounge Café Bar, Suffolk
(artist unknown)
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Sons born.
Some gone.
Dead.
Daughters birthed,
raised up,
married,
survived –
or died
in childbirth.
Wife disillusioned,
tired, but –
still living.
Job done.
Time
to sit,
frown,
contemplate.
Move on.
Copyright owned by Jay Cool, September 2018
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