Little boy blue <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come blow your horn <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sheep’s in the meadow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cow’s in the corn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where’s the boy that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looks after the sheep<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He’s under the haystack <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast asleep
I was born in Manchester and raised in Chelsea <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or so I was told by my parents dear <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I preferred my southerly home <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it was near the sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shingle at high tide <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mud when lower
I was the little blue boy <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the rhyme <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who slept a great deal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the kinder months <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This often caused chaos <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I was never punished <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As my lovely father of the farms <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Considered dreams <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More important than reality
I knew little of my former years <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except for God’s largest meadow <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were acres of open countryside <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leading down to flat waters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under huge skies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are my earliest memories
Both of my happy places <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Were water side <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I learnt to swim<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At an early age
I am sitting against <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My ageing haystack <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Tom Tuft <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who is married to my sister <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maureen <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their eldest is named after me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boy Blue Tuft <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which brings me a great pleasure
I am not yet married yet <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although I am keen on Clara <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A French teacher from Tours<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is distantly related to the man <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who strangled a mad elephant
This is the end of my journal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least for a few weeks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I may return to my pencil<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a later date <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or during my next visit <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who knows
Tom Blue 7\/25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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