Ann Dancy
Bridget
Nodding to half questions, she takes this one face to face.
Yes
Once it was all I had, I wore it all weathers, inside out.
Then, no warning, I was eighteen
and I stopped lining men’s pockets, just like that.
The Arabs were coming in, the price of everything shot up,
no joke, and there I was, still trying to sleep
on the Circle Line, eating when I could, dodging the cold.
Alright.
We’ve all passed a lot of water under the bridge since then.
So, tell me Soho’s come up in the world. God’s honour,
haven’t we all. But some things you carry, no porters in this game;
some you keep, just in case; some things are in you.
Times I think there’s nothing half so warm.
Then, it was the Sixties, Love, Revolution. Remember?
Forget it, baby. We’re all set and Lennon’s lost the password.
Eighty million in the bank. Can you blame him.
But the Underground suited me, I always loved the dark.
Sometimes, I wake, alone, up to the neck in it
but still on my feet and I say, No more. Enough.
and believe me, I burn. Yes. Me.
So, come clean. You want to know, just ask.
Would I lie there’s no trick it’s there alright,
You really want to see?
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