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Thursday 10 March 2011

Bragging about our Dads (III)

My dad’s a policeman. He’s got a helmet
and truncheon in the attic, and he’ll come
and arrest you if I ask him to. I’ve only
to say the word – but not on a Sunday, 

because they’ve cut his overtime and 
bonus payments, and he says it isn’t 
worth it, what with everything so expensive.

He might as well take the redundancy 
and do that world trip he’s been promising
himself before the pension kicks in. 
There’s no justice any more.


John H Davies
10th March 2011


1 comment:

  1. Ouch! The police do incredibly good work and risk their lives daily to protect us. Is this your real view of the police?

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