She's Not Given To The Song

Johnny and Kitty had been married for ever and although to outsiders they appeared happy enough it would be fair to say that Kitty was long-suffering.

Johnny had never grown up, as is the way of man. Spent all his money on beer, fags and arthiritic horses ........ betting on them you understand, not show-jumping, carriage racing or dressage.

Kitty had grown to tolerate this , far from happy , but stoic as she was she made the best of things and somehow contrived to make a home that was a credit to her.

One thing that Kitty refused to tolerate though was Johnny's infidelity , she'd turned a blind eye to it when the children were growing up , but now it was just the two of them she would not have it any longer.


She's not given to the song,

( You'd have to say that ),

She's not given to this life,

Though she tries to sing along,

( from time to time )

It never seems to sound quite right.



I suppose you'd have to say ,

That she feels like she's just in the way,

I don't know how it came to this,

There was a time, She felt the chime,

Of hope for some harmonic bliss,


Now she wills the punishment to fit the crime,

As she gives him one last dutiful kiss.

She's not given to the song,

She's not given to this life........


Early morning routine, Johnny took to the bathroom, sat on the throne, fag in mouth, daily paper in hand, studying today's form.

Kitty stood in the garden , there was a photograph she had been longing to take.

Johnny coughed and considered the ill-effects of his lifestyle , pleased with today's selections , he let his cigarette fall between his thighs into the lavatory bowl. The water in the toilet had been replaced with a mixture of petrol and Jeyes ............ Jayze ! Jayze ! Johnny was launched through the roof, his arse ablaze. He had little time to consider much on his journey into the stratosphere ... 'smoking IS very bad for you ' he thought ,...... ' the hedges need a trim ',.......... ' my arse is fierce hot ' ,.......' Good morning Mr and Mrs Abercrombie ' ...... and then looked down to see Kitty pointing a camera in his direction. Not knowing quite how to behave in this situation , he waved and clenched his teeth in an approximation of a smile.

Kitty's camera clicked as she got the last ever shot of Johnny with his pants down.