Grandma's Jumpers - By Giovanni “Spoz” Esposito
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It was a lovely jumper, Grandma,
Just the kind that I like to wear,
A chunky knit, that’s a baggy fit,
The kind that makes passers–by stare.
It may have been the lobster you’d sewn on the front,
That drew all the smirks and the sneers,
Or the zombie’s face you stitched on the back,
That nearly brought children to tears.
I love the way the sleeves were uneven in length,
At first, I didn’t quite understand
Why the left one was shorter than the right one…
Simple really …it was easier to hold your hand.
You’d wisely dropped stitches all over the place,
Mother said you were losing the plot,
But I knew that those holes had been put there on purpose,
To make sure that I didn’t get too hot.
I refused to believe that your marbles were lost,
I knew you were brilliant and clever,
I just wish you’d have found a knitting pattern, Grandma,
That would have knitted your #life back together.
Giovanni “Spoz” Esposito
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All rights and legal stuff go to the poet as I did not write this. Nevertheless, it is one of my favourite #poems that just makes me feel warm inside, despite it being kinda sad, whenever I read it, if that makes sense! I've been meaning to share this for a while, but I've never really got round to it, so yeah... Enjoy!
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