Sir_Nigel 10 #1 Posted November 11, 2015 That’s Bouncy Castle man in his Bouncy Castle van. His face I vaguely know from children’s parties years ago, expecting geniality I found a grim reality of stale booze and neck tattoos. No castle in the back- business must be slack, maybe someone’s stolen it, perhaps it’s got a hole in it. He chauffeured it from door to door and this perhaps became a chore, increasingly dissatisfied and sick of all the hassle he thought there must be more to life than pimping out his castle. Now it seems he’s combing streets collecting broken garden seats, here an old bike wheel, there a jagged bit of steel, rusted kiddie’s swings, twisted, stark, abandoned things some I think forsaken, others slyly taken. Flogged for cash - he’ll know a bloke - some dodgy dealer up the smoke. But are his urban salvage schemes crushing children’s tiny dreams? His van promotes but does not bring the big exciting bouncy thing. ‘Oh Mummy’, they cry as his van clatters by, a death trap of old scrap, ‘Why does that man have a misleading van?‘ Excited hopes are trampled flat - they won’t be jumping round on that. And now they’re nonplussed full of doubt and mistrust, with misgivings growing about the way things are going. Could Santa drive past on a cash-in-hand job - a sleigh full of rubbish, a fag in his gob? And if he’s now earning a crust in this way, might stockings be empty on Christmas day? And they might start to feel that he’s not even real. Mummy has lied, their childhood just died and the world they now face is a mean horrid place. See what you did? for a few measly quid, Scrap Metal man in your Bouncy Castle van. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ron Blanco 10 #2 Posted November 16, 2015 Good rhythm. Great humour. Smashing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
G12Ravda 10 #3 Posted December 8, 2015 Excellent, amusing read sir. It's the first time I've been on here, for a long while. Glad that I did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...