CHOKING FIT 1958
Posted: April 11th, 2017, 1:37 pm
The film
was well underway
and I was sitting
next to my old man
in the dark
of the cinema
sharing a bag of nuts.
All of a sudden
my old man gets up
out of his seat
and disappears
up the aisle
out of sight.
I watched the film
a Western in colour.
I hoped no women
would appear
and spoil the fun
with all that kissing
business and hugging.
I liked the gun shooting
and fist fights in saloons
tables overturning
and dance girls
screaming.
An usherette
came down the aisle
to where I was sitting.
Your father's
had a choking fit
she said
best come see
how he is.
So I got up
and followed her
up the aisle
turning to see
where the film had got
and out into
the lit up foyer.
My old man
was sitting in a chair
with another usherette
beside him
patting him gently
on the back.
You all right?
I said.
Ok now
he said
choke on a nut.
He sat there forlorn
the usherettes
tending to him.
He breathed
in deep.
I looked at him
sitting there
gazing how the light
was shining up
his bald spot
where there
was no hair.
was well underway
and I was sitting
next to my old man
in the dark
of the cinema
sharing a bag of nuts.
All of a sudden
my old man gets up
out of his seat
and disappears
up the aisle
out of sight.
I watched the film
a Western in colour.
I hoped no women
would appear
and spoil the fun
with all that kissing
business and hugging.
I liked the gun shooting
and fist fights in saloons
tables overturning
and dance girls
screaming.
An usherette
came down the aisle
to where I was sitting.
Your father's
had a choking fit
she said
best come see
how he is.
So I got up
and followed her
up the aisle
turning to see
where the film had got
and out into
the lit up foyer.
My old man
was sitting in a chair
with another usherette
beside him
patting him gently
on the back.
You all right?
I said.
Ok now
he said
choke on a nut.
He sat there forlorn
the usherettes
tending to him.
He breathed
in deep.
I looked at him
sitting there
gazing how the light
was shining up
his bald spot
where there
was no hair.
