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January 2020

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Park’s Larks, concluded

 Wendy Benson

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Chapter 4 (January 2020)

Word spread like the plague round the village

“Mr P’s got a problem I hear.

He’s reluctant to share it, but Sparky wants help

So we’ll do what we can ’cause she is such a dear.”

The Mayor called a meeting about it

“There is clearly a need here” he said

In the war it made all of us stronger

As each saw to it that all the others were fed

And the harder the test was the better we liked it

As time passed we became quite blar-zay

At the risk of a big head I’d say we had cracked it

Pull together, eyes open, lips smiling this way –––

And never, but never lose sight of your object

Just keep your feet moving along the straight path

Look after your pals and your kids and the wife

If we lived through this war, we’d be wiser by half.

The applause was immediate and deafening

He had such a deft way with words

It all sounded easier to deal with put like that

And they knew about ploughshares from swords.

So they made a big effort to right things

That had been sort of skew-whiff for years

Apologies offered, and breakages mended

Emotions ran high and there were a few tears.

In the end it was quite a good effort

And everyone felt they’d been heard

The entire community came to their aid

And the Parks were Celebrities quite lost for words.

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