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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=528065" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Unexpected Father.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your mother <br>had brought Helen </div><div style="margin:10px 0">home for tea after school <br>and she had held on </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the handle <br>of the pram </div><div style="margin:10px 0">your mother pushed <br>and you walked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">along side <br>thinking of whether </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to show her <br>your toy soldiers </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and cowboys and Indians <br>and the guns </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that fired <br>loud banging caps </div><div style="margin:10px 0">or whether to just sit <br>and watch the TV </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and eat your tea <br>and show her nothing </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but once you got home <br>and your mother went off </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the kitchen to prepare <br>the tea stuff and such </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Helen looked at you <br>and shyly smiled </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and said <br>Can I see your sister's dolls </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and pram <br>and does she have </div><div style="margin:10px 0">a doll's house <br>I could play with? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you dismissed the idea <br>of showing her </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the guns that fired caps <br>or your toy soldier collection </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and took her <br>into the room </div><div style="margin:10px 0">where you kept the toys <br>and pointed to </div><div style="margin:10px 0">your sister's dolls <br>and the pram </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and said <br>Take care </div><div style="margin:10px 0">my sister doesn't like <br>people messing </div><div style="margin:10px 0">with her stuff <br>and Helen nodded </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and picked up a doll <br>and held it to her chest </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and rocked it <br>to and fro </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and walked up and down <br>murmuring there there sounds </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that echoed softly <br>around the room </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where's your sister? <br>Helen asked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">will she mind me <br>rocking the baby to sleep? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Guess not <br>you replied </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and stood watching her <br>as she walked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and talked to the doll <br>in an undertone </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and you stood there <br>hands in pockets </div><div style="margin:10px 0">like a father <br>of an unexpected child </div><div style="margin:10px 0">wondering what to say <br>or do and taking in </div><div style="margin:10px 0">her thick lens glasses <br>and her eyes </div><div style="margin:10px 0">seemingly enlarged <br>focusing on the doll </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and the way her head <br>moved from side to side </div><div style="margin:10px 0">so that her plaited hair <br>went from side to side </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and up and down <br>and she said softly </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and suddenly <br>We may have a baby like this </div><div style="margin:10px 0">one day and you had better <br>say something more </div><div style="margin:10px 0">than you are now <br>or I'll think </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you didn't want it <br>and off she walked </div><div style="margin:10px 0">up and down the room <br>and hoped your mother </div><div style="margin:10px 0">would come soon <br>and save you from the fate </div><div style="margin:10px 0">of being the father <br>of a doll with a dodgy eye </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and a painted smile <br>but having a tender spot </div><div style="margin:10px 0">for Helen <br>all the while.</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>
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had brought Helen 

home for tea after school 
and she had held on 

to the handle 
of the pram 

your mother pushed 
and you walked 

along side 
thinking of whether 

to show her 
your toy soldiers 

and cowboys and Indians 
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