arbrofion gweledol / lliw
Born in the Workhouse
Steve Coel
arbrofion gweledol / lliw
Born in the Workhouse
Steve Coel
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Docks Museum
[ Revisited ]
Steve Coel
Heddiw
dry docks glisten
with salty channel rain
as woollen old men
sit on one of their
favourite benches.
Each is smiling
as together they remember
the songs and laughter
of young, hard welders.
Heddiw
visitors will glance
at walls
of dismal grey photographs.
Some show weary men
and women waving
small half empty
beer glasses
in the air.
Others are of
car empty streets
clogged with leather boots
being dragged
to early shifts.
And some
are of boys playing
scrappy football
with tight balls
of Western and Echo
in muddy parks
bordered with adverts
for cheap beer and bread.
Bob dydd
the old men
will return and sit
and see it all again.
The departing visitors
will not see them.
microflashfiction
Steve Coel
An 11.59 Publication
