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Curfew

by Ian Whiteley

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Curfew

 

Leave the light on – lock the door

This ritual plays out each Friday

A barrier to the debauched reveller

Who slips behind the clock returning home

 

A curfew for the beer vampire

Who will only find a soothing bed

If father specifically invites him in

After knocking twice and shouting through the letterbox

 

This ancient tribal face off

Between uprigh...

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Friday 31st July 2020 2:33 pm

teen angst   father & son   lock-out   curfew   teen rebellion   drunk   addiction   confrontation

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