POEMS

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PATRIOTIC    IN MEMORIAM    MISSING YOU    GENERAL

R n R

Home at last, bags in hand

With a smile upon his face

A well earned break, some R and R

From that God forsaken place

Bags abandoned, to the fridge he goes

Looking for goodies to scoff

You smile as you watch him fill his face

A resemblance of a pig round a trough

With belly full, its shower time next

Bathroom no longer free

For what seems like hours in that room he dwells

How dirty can he be?

He appears again, sparkling clean

In nothing but boxer shorts

“Make us a brew mum, will you please?”

“Not forgetting the biscuits of course!”

So there he sits in his favourite chair

With his pint pot brew and biscuits

Contented sighs as he downs three at once

You know how much he’s missed it

Television on, remote in hand

Channel hopping time has begun

Flick, flick and flick some more

Searching for something fun

Disney Channel, Top Gear

Last of the Summer Wine

Laughter fills the house once more

At last you know he’s fine

Family arrives, to welcome him home

His stories now he tells

You sit and you listen and try not to cry

For you know he’s been through hell

Tea time next, his belly is rumbling

“What’s to eat?” he says

You look in the fridge and everything’s gone

So it’s off to the shops… happy days!

© Michaela Turner (aka Kale) proud mum of a serving soldier