Johnny Exit

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Johnny Exit scarpered

Through the once impregnable door:

Shut now. Well bolted.

Though people still knock.

 

That was fifty years ago;

He drove a Vauxhall in his vest

On days of melting tarmac,

When sizzled cash was king.

 

The sightings continue:

In supermarkets, like Elvis,

Or just last week, in town,

Knocked down by a motorbike.

 

The file festers, wide open:

Masked men scour the woods,

Interrupting lovers

And turning them to stone.

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 11th May 2025 08:26

Thanks, Uilleam. I had never really looked at it that way. I must have led a sheltered life!

Thank you, Graham. I have been fascinated by disappearances and the industry which grows up around the supposed aftelrlife of those concerned. Looking back to the original incident brings back memories, to which many people hang on grimly. Still work in progress, I think.

And thanks to all who liked this poem.

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Graham Sherwood

Sat 10th May 2025 10:29

Intriguing it is, and somewhat of a departure Stephen that I rather like but what's going on?

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 10th May 2025 09:27

There's an intriguing concept (pardon the pun) Stephen; a pregnant door!

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