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Five Year Old

from A Kind of Circle by Jim Bryce

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A toddler's idiosyncratic view of life where the adult point of view doesn't quite make sense.

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Daddy wouldn't buy me a sun. You know, he said he would. He promised he would buy me a solo hat to make my eyes shine in the dark. Daddy wouldn't buy me a Tyrannosaurus Rex cause he said it'd hurt, buy my friend Johnny's had one since he was small and it sleeps in front of the fire.
My daddy doesn't like the mess my spaceman makes when he comes off the moon, but he doesn't say to much to me 'cause he knows I can't start playing too soon to enjoy myself.
Daddy wouldn't buy me a cigarette machine cause he said I'd die, but when he's not looking I play football by the river in Winter when the snow is dry. Daddy wouldn't buy me a bag of moonshine cause he said it'd hurt, but when he's not there I look in the mirror and see myself.
My daddy is sad when he gets home at night and kicks off his shoes. His Cinderella has gone, the sunset has set and it don't appear to arise again in the morning. I love my daddy.
My daddy ain't got no more flowers in the garden in the spring and my daddy's greenhouse windows have lost their whitewash cause the rain took it off and I feel sorry cause, daddy, my little doggie ran away. I've got to leave home. I've got to find him.

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from A Kind of Circle, released November 24, 2020
Jim Bryce-vocals, guitar.
Produced by Gerry Callaghan for Moreme.

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Jim Bryce Edinburgh, UK

Jim Bryce's music ranges from rockish to folkish to jazzish to music-hallish, to material which doesn't tick any boxes. He has also written for theatre, concert hall (squeaky and non- squeaky), film and radio programmes for the under nines.

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