Terry Davis – Terry Davis

Joy & Hope

“Joy Prendergast.” The waiting room’s public address system crackled out of life as abruptly as it had crackled into it.

Come on then, come on then, read out my schools name! Everything outside is white The radio crackles and keeps

“Cos I don’t want to die” Said the cow, when asked why She wouldn’t be this evenings meal “Why don’t

When first the universe went bang And nothing really was It hung around in clouds of gas And had no

Now this ‘ere’s t’tale o’ Noah’s Ark Fer all o’ you what’s in the dark About yon tale from t’bible

I met a little boy today Who had no smile and couldn’t play He looked at me with such sad

In younger years my my hair was blonde And golden in the light I looked so sweet and innocent An

My phone rang last week My number is ex directory so I think the angels must have sent it to

It was my birthday a few weeks ago and, despite me playing it down, my two cats got me a present anyway. Now, although

Hey you, you jerk I learned a new phrase today; ‘myoclonic jerk’ or to give it its proper name, a