Yorkshire in 1984

Yes lad, of course you can express yourself through
the wit and beauty
of the spoken word.

I trust you,
and value you,
and want you to succeed.

Can I, your humble old Dad, help you?

Fill your pen with ink?
Fetch paper for the typewriter?
Find you a dictionary?

And no,
no of course
I wouldn't tell you to stop.

We might be starving here,
sonny boy,
and desperate for
money and for
help,
but we need to hear what you have to say.

9 August 2000, revised 20 April 2001, 11 January 2003

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