For Friday Flash 55
40 YEARS AGO
When I was a kid,
home was a decrepit
two up – two down
until the council
shifted us
in the slum clearance.
Mum, Dad, Gran
Two brothers
A sister.
Four damp, smelly rooms.
Coal fires.
Outside toilet.
Black and white telly.
Two beds
and a settee
between us…
We were poor…
but we were happy.
Some folks are poor and don't know it.
ReplyDeleteSome are rich and don't know it..
C'est la meme chose!
Excellent 55 My friend.
Thanks for playing, thanks for visiting, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...
it aint about what you got, that determines what you got. great 55.
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Thanks to:
ReplyDeleteG-Man; It's life... but not as we know it.
Brian; Funny thing is, those with the least have the most to share.
People are always so much more important than things. Of course, an extra bed would still be nice.
ReplyDeleteRich is a subjective term. You have said it quite susinctly in this 55. My 55 is HERE .
ReplyDeleteA person with money by the nature of the situation is always in reality very much alone.You have known warmth and family togetherness..so who has won?
ReplyDeleteThanks to:
ReplyDeleteAlice; Yes, Gran could have done with it...
Monkey Man; You can't buy happiness.
Rallentanda; It's the taking part that is the real prize.
Yes, i suppose today people have too much to aspire to. Good in one way, but it never allows contentment.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anthony; Good and bad to everything.
ReplyDeleteTrue contentment comes from being happy with what you have. I grew up poor...I can relate to this 55. Great piece!
ReplyDelete55 Flash Fiction Friday: Love In Reverse
Thanks Thirteenth; All things are relative.
ReplyDeleteYou must have lived near us. Similar house, had to use the local public baths for a bath but not happy ;-( my 55 here
ReplyDeletePoor doesn't mean unhappy... hope it didn't take til 40 to find that out.
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend,
my 55 is up
I must have been rich then growing up in a cold water flat with railroad rooms! No car or phone till 10yrs old...
ReplyDeleteI'm money poor...but love wealthy...
Have a plentiful weekend!
Thanks to:
ReplyDeleteJohn; There's always someone worse off.
Vodka; It only takes rich people that long to realise.
Lulda; You had running water...? ;)
A wise poem!
ReplyDeleteThanks awfully for finding my blog :)
Aloha from Hawaii, Friend
Comfort Spiral
Thanks Cloudia; Happy days...
ReplyDeleteWealth begins in the heart, not in the bank account. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks PattiKen; It's what you give that counts - not what you take.
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