<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527790" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Helen and You and The ABC Cinema</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the evening after tea <br>of bread and jam <br>and a glass of milk<br>you went out </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and met Helen <br>under the railway bridge <br>in Rockingham Street <br>next to the Duke </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of Wellington pub <br>and she was waiting <br>there looking up <br>and down the street </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and when she saw you <br>she waved and walked <br>towards you <br>where's your doll </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Battered Betty? <br>you asked <br>mum's washing her clothes <br>and I didn't want </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to bring her out <br>with nothing on <br>she said <br>no that wouldn't be decent </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you said <br>where are we going? <br>she asked <br>I want to show you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the passages behind <br>the ABC cinema <br>you said <br>it's like a cavern </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of dark passages <br>and once I saw a rat <br>running along by a wall <br>oh god </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she said <br>putting a hand <br>to her mouth <br>not a rat </div><div style="margin:10px 0">yes it run along <br>one of the walls <br>not sure <br>I want to go there </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she said softly <br>one little rat <br>isn't going to hurt you <br>you said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">besides I'll chase it away <br>if it comes <br>will you? <br>she said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">yes of course I will <br>nothing is going to harm you <br>while I am here <br>you said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you showed her <br>the toy gun <br>tucked in <br>the inside pocket </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of your jacket <br>she nodded <br>and she took <br>your hand </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you walked her <br>along and up behind <br>the Trocodero cinema <br>and onto </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the New Kent Road <br>and you crossed quickly <br>before the traffic lights changed <br>and once you got </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the other side <br>you took her <br>to the ABC cinema <br>and went down beside </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the cinema walls <br>along the dark passages <br>that went on beside <br>and behind the cinema </div><div style="margin:10px 0">all the time <br>she gripped your hand <br>and now and then <br>her grip tightened </div><div style="margin:10px 0">when she thought <br>she saw something <br>out of the corner <br>of her eye </div><div style="margin:10px 0">what was that? <br>she said <br>stopping still <br>clutching your hand tight </div><div style="margin:10px 0">just a piece of paper <br>blown by the wind <br>are you sure? <br>yes just paper </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she untightened <br>her grip <br>and you both <br>walked on </div><div style="margin:10px 0">with the sound <br>of traffic and voices <br>in the distance <br>and at the back </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of the cinema <br>you came to an entrance <br>where two doors where <br>and you said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">sometimes the doors are open <br>and you can sneak in free <br>she looked at you <br>her eyes behind </div><div style="margin:10px 0">her thick lens glasses <br>large and innocent <br>is that allowed? <br>she asked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">no <br>you replied <br>if they catch you <br>you get into trouble </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but if you're lucky <br>you can get in <br>no trouble <br>you said </div><div style="margin:10px 0">oh <br>she said <br>my mum wouldn't like it <br>if I got into trouble </div><div style="margin:10px 0">we won't get in tonight <br>anyway <br>you said <br>the doors are locked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">another time maybe <br>and she gripped <br>your hand <br>and her face looked shocked.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terry+Collett">Terry Collett</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527790" data-title="Helen and You and The ABC Cinema de Terry Collett" data-description="In the evening after tea of bread and jam and a glass of milk you went out and met Helen under the railway bridge in Rockingham Street next to the Duke of Wellington pub and she was waiting there looking up and down the street and wh..."></div> </div> </div>

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