to the seaside by Rg Gregory
to the seaside to the seaside to the change and peace of mind to the easy la- zy holiday the leave-it-all-behind
to the seaside to the sunshine to the body-littered sands to the deckchairs and the funfairs and the burst-your-ears brass bands
to the ice-cream to the wasp-stings to the sand-in-every-meal to the castles and the donkeys and the plates of jellied eel
to the bosoms and the bottoms to the bodies-in-the-raw to the he-men and the paunches to the what-the-butler-saw
(to the catch-my-eye the hold-me-tight the kiss-me-in-the-park to the will-you wont-you-let-me to the bathing-in-the-dark)
to the landladies and gloomy rooms and out-of-here-by-ten to the drizzle and the boredom and the going-round-the-bend
to the blisters and the crying kids the peeling aching backs to the god-i-wish- we'd-never-come- i-wish-we'd-gone-to-jack's
to the getting-on the train again the joy of going home to the roses in the garden and the being-left-alone
to the no-food- in-the-larder and the not-an-open-shop to the ashes in the fireplace and the week-old washing up
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