dad

Tell me again how you like to put chocolate in the chilli
To give it a little kick

And how the dog hides from you when it’s time for his 10pm walk

Tell me again about my GCSE maths result
When you thought I’d got a D
But I really got a B

Tell me again
Tell me again

Tell me about the time I asked to go to Leeds Festival
And you said yes
In the same breath Mum said no

About Alex’s imitation of ‘the two Queens’
And his favourite composers
Beethoven,
Shaggy
And the classical Shaggy

Tell me the one about how we thought Dennis Wise was England’s greatest painter

Tell me again
Tell me again

Tell me about hearing Hey Jude for the first time

How you accidentally moved to Swindon
Cos you thought south-west meant south-west London

Tell me again how you can choose how to feel about something

And how your body is a temple, while eating Saint Agur

Tell me again
Before the lights dim
And we’re slung into dusk
Tell me again

Colour sketch by Sarah-Jayne Signori