A Memo

memories The bus is full, and the kettle is on the boil Three children are playing on the beach One will be a businessman one will be an architect And the third one will be a contrarian Critical of the social orders. The problem with remembering childhood Is that we are recording a thought time everything Is accurate and also fantasy how it should have been But never was. A few, if they go deep enough to remember a scary World punctuated by rain and sleet Dangerous adults doing unspeakable things Alcohol and fighting. So, if you must tell your story of everlasting summers And happy school days.