ROBBIE FLEMING

Robbie

Fleming

THE GIRL IN BLUE...

I was sitting drinking coffee

As I'd suffered quite a blow

My company was shrinking

I was told I had to go

The coffee shop was crowded

And with nothing much to do

Eyes rested on a pretty girl

Who was sat there, wearing blue

Then staring at my coffee

'Cos it tasted rather vile

Looking up, she'd vanished

Left her brief case in the aisle

I picked it up to chase her

Do my good deed for the day

But the outside street was crowded

And I wasn't sure which way

Then I saw her in the distance

And pursued the girl in blue

Having once been in the army

I then stuck to her like glue

She was walking very quickly

It was hard to make much ground

The crowds impeded progress

There were people all around

Then I caught her at a corner

Where the crossing had a light

When I touched her on the shoulder

She was paralysed with fright

And she didn't look delighted

When I handed her the case

Then a look of resignation

Slowly crept across her face

It was when I heard her phone ring

As I walked across the street

That the blast within the brief case

Must have blown me thirty feet...

I've been stuck in bed for ages

As my life has been on "pause"

Why did such a thing of beauty

Choose to die for such a cause?

Robbie Fleming:

UNITED KINGDOM