Thicker Than Water

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Richard Dawson

Richard Dawson (born Colin Lionel Emm; 20 November 1932 – 2 June 2012) was a British-American actor, comedian, game show host and panelist in the United States. Dawson was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match Game (1973–1978) and as the original host of Family Feud (1976–1985 and 1994–1995). more »

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At the end, I didn't really comprehend
that I was saying goodbye
for the last time to all my friends and family,
my only thought was flight from the mines.

When it hits me I've already
crossed the border into higher country,
thunder and hail.
Sheltered in a burned-out van
I whisper a lullaby.

I press on,
keeping abreast of the dual-carriageway
over fields asway with phantoms of wheat.
It's been days now and I haven't seen a single living
creature besides a pair of sparring magpies.

Going under ochre arches
once the rumbling arteries of a great city
to-and-fro-ing people in their droves
above bright streets now desolate capillaries of stone.

Their laughter resounds from the shells of
every shop, every pub, every school, every home.

Within weeks I manage to find the building where
mam and dad's earthen vessels are lain,
and the dog's.... and my own.

With my bare fist I smash the screens,
pull their drips out and fling away their goggles.
I am in bits,
half expecting them to wake -
but nothing changes.

I'll just have to find another way to reach them.

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