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THE CHAIN

 

HE TOOK ME TO THE HARDWARE STORE

THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

WEARING FILTHY BOILERSUITS

HE LOOKED ME UP AND DOWN

NODDING IN APPROVAL

WE BOTH STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR

NO ONE SEEMED TO NOTICE US

WE WALKED ACROSS THE FLOOR.

WE SPENT SOME TIME JUST LOOKING ROUND

AND LOOKING AT THE MEN

AND STILL NOBODY NOTICED US

BECAUSE WE FITTED IN

WE FOUND OUT WHERE THEY HAD THE CHAIN

AND CHOSE THE HEAVY KIND

CUT A LENGTH FOR ROUND MY NECK

HAD ONE MORE THING TO FIND,

A HEAVY DUTY  PADLOCK

WAS ALL WE HAD TO GET

WE FOUND THEM IN THE SAME AISLE

I’D BE THE PIG MAN’S PET

HE PUT THE CHAIN AROUND MY NECK

AND LOCKED THE PADLOCK ON

NOW I WAS A PIG BOY

MY LONELY DAYS WERE GONE

 

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