THE TROUBLE WITH NAMES

THE TROUBLE WITH NAMES

By Peter Woodgate

I have this sort of problem

With names of things and places

With people too, it’s just the same

I can’t put names to faces

There’s Thingamajigs and Whatsername

And Whatchamacallit too

Thingamabobs and Whatsitcalled

Just give me a bloody clue.

You see it’s fairly simple

It’s there within my brain

But accessing is difficult

It’s never been quite the same

Since I became an O.A.P

My memories gone to pot

My children look at me and say

That I have lost the plot.

This does not concern me much

Cos I can keep a list

Of all those names and birthdays

And the things I’ve often missed.

But something is quite worrying

When I cuddle the wife, and then

She utters the words “you’ve had that

And I can’t remember when.

Copyright Peter Woodgate