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Bonnie Bethany

Mother found a shilling

down the back of the sofa

and gambled it

on a horse called

‘Bonnie Bethany’

in the 5th race at Carlisle.

.

It duly obliged at 5/1.

.

We gave

a collective WHOOP

when she presented

a vinegar-lashed

takeaway

fish and chip supper

accompanied by

lemonade for the kids

and a bottle of brown ale each

for herself and Father.​


For weeks on end,

we regaled

each other with

exaggerated recollections

of the occasion,

and Mother’s

5th child was born

nine months later

to the day.

.

Our new baby’s name?

Bonnie Bethany, of course.​
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