Darren

The day had started normally and no way had I reckoned when Mum had washed the breakfast pots that stardom was to beckon. Waiting on the pavement, passing dogs who were not used to what they saw, jumped up and barked- their owners looked bemused. Total strangers,  pretty girls, the driver of the bus, they all queued up to talk to me and some made quite a fuss. The older folk asked how I was and Mum told them I'm healthy, the younger ones with phones in hand sneaked up and took a selfie. A nurse though rarely raised a brow when we walked through the door, a veteran of lads like me she'd seen it all before. In A&E* she commented "Lad, let it not be said you'll ever be short of company with a saucepan stuck on your head". (*A&E- Accident and Emergency)