Alison Cassidy - Gentleman Jim
James Gwyther <br />Eighty years old <br />Fiercely Welsh <br />Aggressively deaf. <br /> <br />Thin leather face <br />Rippled like sand <br />Grandfather beard <br />Cowcatcher dentures. <br /> <br />Deep ocker voice <br />Exceptionally loud <br />Belligerently proud <br />Passionately Masonic. <br /> <br />Jim lost his wife <br />a few years ago <br />to ovarian cancer <br />Never got over it. <br /> <br />On Christmas day <br />he stays at home <br />with Maeve, his staffy <br />and a good bottle of malt.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gentleman-jim/