A Poem - First Family Round-Up

A Poem - First Family Round-Up

(To be read in the style of radio’s Shipping Forecast)

There were rumbles of parental instability,

North Earlham, Lower Hellesdon - twenties.

Crumbling,

Norfolk blight and slumber.

General synopsis: Low,

F#!! all.

479 moving westwards,

losing its identity at same time.

A new high expected – fresh field -

at this time.

Highest in October ‘68, moving rapidly

Up.

Tradition however, losing its identity by

Christmas Day.

Nostalgia and living in the past a constant.

However, the area forecasts for the next 24 hours:

Is that I will like Nan’s visit

and enjoy staying up.

Surprise warning issued

Win! Ten-to-one.

Yet on the horizon…

no holidays,

but enough food and security.

Mechanic’s hand with increasing force,

offers sanctuary and gentle warmth.

Narcissism however, always there,

occasionally severe

maternal 8;  

Dad state

tough or very tough, becoming very soft (or hard); pain later;

visibility moderate or good

Thirties,

Martyr-y.

Teenage warning issued

Big Brother ego force 8, increasing

Secretive state, no force 1970.

Me, though, veering skywards,

decreased through school bully incident.  

Wind down.

Five, 12, 17 occasionally 16,

Fatherly force 9 later; wind up

Keep Stum.

Mother state, undyingly moderate,

Anxious and dutiful, always hard working.  

Visibility? Occasionally poor, becoming

much poorer later.

Looking back on variable memories,  

becoming cyclonic from 77,

and continued to wax and wane over decades.

Means that the forecast might be bleak, perhaps.

This is the end of the first family round-up today.

 

By Debra Hall

Reference

Plass, A. (2012)  Script for Shipping Forecast https://studylib.net/doc/7879599/script-for-shipping-forecast-by-adrian-plass