Carry on Waiting - Steve Coel



UnEven Street
Steve Coel


UnEven Street
Steve Coel


UnEven Street
Steve Coel


Carry on Waiting
Steve Coel

Part 1: Outside like.

suppose story starts on the street
outside like.
always a good place
to start a story i reckons.
begins with police searching a car.
wrong car as it happens.
other footies is holding some guy
against a wall,
while others check his jacket 
in doorway of the adult store.
i understands
they won't find nothing.

Part 2 : Busy Day.

sunny day.
busy day.
bad atmosphere.
looks are being passed
between people 
trying too hard
not to know each other.
failing badly they is.
should do better.
so, what's the story then?

Part 3 : Early for Some.

morning. 
early for some.
late for others.
someone, it seems,
is clearly not making it
through the day
is getting desperate
and is needing
some action pretty quick.
like right away.
so.
quick snatch job is all.
bad call is what it is.
being watched see.
being watched
quite closely as it happens.
decision time.
for me.
do i
let it go,
and carry on waiting?
or do i move in
blow cover?
luckily,
for all involved
uniformed footie steps in.
very lucky.

Part 4 : Laugh That.

bit of a chase.
laugh that.
likes a good chase,
who doesn't?
security joined in too.
laugh that also.
though twats they is
for joining in 
cos peoples quick round here
when opportunity arises.
so it is.
quick in and out,
even though they knows
cameras sees them all.
and they knows
security'll be having words
with them later.
poor bastards.
but hey, what you going to do?
i'll have a word
prior like,
it's what i does,
my job.
like i tells you, my street.
so that's the back story.
reckons you knows the rest...


Steve Coel
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