DATE AT THE FLICKS 1960

A BOY AND GIRL AND THEIR DATE AT THE FLICKS 1960

It was Saturday
and I managed
to have money
for the matinee
at the flicks

I asked Fay
if she wanted
to come along

o best not
she said
if Daddy knew
he'd be mad
he says films
are the Devil's voice
and God's children
ought not be tempted

I see
I said
what about afterwards
can I see you then?

she looked past me
(down Meadow Row)
where can I see you?
she asked
Daddy's not that keen
on me seeing you

why's that?
I asked

you're not Catholic
and he said that will
be troublesome
in later years
she looked at me  
I like you and want
to see you but where?
she said

meet me by the
greengrocers off
Arch Street
I said
then we can decide
where to go

I don't know
she said
that's near the bomb site
and there are tramps
there sometimes
and they frighten me

ok meet me
by Neptune's Fish Shop
and we can
go from there
I said

ok
she said
what time?

about 11.30am?
I said

ok
she said
she looked at me
her eyes were
blue and sad
and her fair hair
sucked the sunlight

I got to go
or I'll miss the start
of the matinee
I said

maybe I could
go with you now
she said
Daddy won't know
and I won't tell him
unless he asks me
outright then of course
I can't lie
as a good Catholic girl
I'd have to tell him
the truth

ok
I said
but we must go now
or we'll be too late

she nodded her head
and we set off
for our childhood date.