{"id":912,"date":"2018-09-13T22:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/?p=912"},"modified":"2024-05-22T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T23:21:24","slug":"flettons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zogue.com\/blog\/2018\/flettons\/","title":{"rendered":"Flettons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the autumn Saturday afternoon sun
\nWe went to look at the demolition of the shops
\nAnd I saw the houses sitting on the road behind
\nMade of kiss-marked flettons
\nWith UPVC and aluminium additions
\nThere was something there all of a sudden
\nAbout your far away house<\/p>\n

I want to try and get to it but I cannot
\nA metaphor for distance
\nFor settling for something
\nClipped wings saying “this’ll do”
\nInstead of saying “this is what I want”<\/p>\n

I am busy, but tearful
\nI have things done, and things to do
\nAnd lots of things to look forward to
\nBut those damn fletton bricks
\nAnd something warm and far away
\nAnd a sad young man in 1986
\nAre all playing on my middle aged mind<\/p>\n

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