THE LEGEND - JACKSON LAMB

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(If you don't know who this is your life is indeed impverished)

 

Grimy windows, door jammed shut

Fat man snoring, scratching gut

Empty bottle – he's half cut

Beware though, it's a sham.

His suit is from Exchange and Mart

Fat man wakes up with a start

Snoring broke by his own fart

The Legend – Jackson Lamb.

 

Big toe protruding from his sock,

Waiting for his misfit flock

Scratching next his balls and cock

Then coughs and heaves and gags;

He grimaces and takes a sup

Of last night's coffee from a cup

Cold and stained and then lights up

His first of many fags.

 

Whiskered jowls and greasy hair

Poke the tiger if you dare

Best watch your step – there's danger there

Unless you've brought a dram;

You may think that he's unaware

With eyes so glazed in vacant stare

But he knows well enough you're there

The Legend – Jackson Lamb.

 

Once a Joe behind The Wall

Answering his country's call

But was he pushed or did he fall?

He couldn't give a damn.

He doesn't do regret, remorse

Is he himself a Park Slow Horse?

No-one knows for sure, of course,

The Legend – Jackson Lamb.

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◄ "DALLAS : MUNICH : GRIMETHORPE"

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John Coopey

Sat 31st May 2025 21:13

Thankyou, Graham. I shall cherish the moniker.

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Graham Sherwood

Sat 31st May 2025 15:36

John you’re not called’ Limbo Coopey’ for nothing 😇

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John Coopey

Sat 31st May 2025 13:43

Many thanks, Graham. It helps that I set a low bar.

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Graham Sherwood

Sat 31st May 2025 12:17

I have to agree with David. One of your best JC

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John Coopey

Sat 31st May 2025 09:34

Thankyou, David, Uilleam and Telboy. And for the Likes, Redbrick and Holden.
The books are brilliantly written by Mick Herron and there are 7/8 in the Slough House collection. “Slough House” is about the 7th, the first one being “Slow Horses”. They are stand alone stories but you get a better understanding, Telboy, if you start at the beginning.
Also I would recommend watching the TV series of “Slow Horses” first. No-one could envisage the characterization of Jackson Lamb from the novels better than Gary Oldman.

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Telboy

Sat 31st May 2025 09:06

I'm not a great reader but do read a book whilst on holiday. Someone gave me a book almost a year ago which I will take when I go away in a fortnight. It is Slough House, and after reading your piece John I amlooking forward to meeting Jackson Lamb.

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 31st May 2025 08:57

I confess to never having heard of him, John.
Sounds like a good number of the British establishment belong in Slough House!

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David RL Moore

Fri 30th May 2025 23:21

Hi John,

Great books, great show and a great tribute poem.

David RL Moore

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