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"...stories birling through my mind..."
Och God, let me be a Butlins Redcoat! ah pray.
Watch me skreich an scream an skelp the cowl water wi ma belly while ma mammy slarries suncream on her goose-speckelt skin. Och God, let us win! ah pray. Watch me race doon rows o chalets past the Tilt O Whirl an the Mexican Hat wi ma wee bruller on on wer way til the Donkey Derby. Och God, let him no come last! ah pray. Watch me dae the Time Warp aneath the skinkling lights o the Stuart’s ballroom wi ma babbie bruller afore the bonny baby competition. Och God, let me own a gress skirt! ah pray. Watch me souk ma Slush Puppy as ma big bruller jooks away tae the penny gambling machines, him in a blue futball shirt, his mate in green. Och God, let me no get caught! ah pray. Watch me sleek intae the bunged Beachcomber bar an keek at trees an plants lazin in ponds o fish where weemen in wide glesses gab atween sips o Bacardi. Och God, let me get back tae Butlins! ah pray. Watch me board a bus for Alloway tae learn aboot a deed poet who said sleekit like me and befreeded a wee moose in a field called the tim’rous beastie. Och God, let me be a Butlins Redcoat, ah pray, Or, mibbe even a poet
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