I hope when you
Received counselling that
You told the truth.
That it was Fred's cousin
That got you in a state.
That I was omitted
Because it was me
And Fred who carried
You home and that
You were drunk
Before I had finished
My shift at ten .

I hope you tell your
Loud mouth sister
The truth as well.
It was Fred's cousin .
Your sister went
On by me, at work, three
Year later and told
Her kids that I
Was a bad lady.
Blaming me for
That night when
I helped take you home.

We did lay you
Down on the bed.
Somebody must have
Phoned your parents
To say they saw
You out in the pub.

They checked in on you
And you had fallen
On the floor.
And threw up on carpet.
And you were
Bottom half naked.
Just a see through thong.
I would have checked
On you before
I went to bed.
I can still picture,
The scene clear as crystal.

I told Fred how
Terrible I felt and
That you could have
Choked on your own vomit.
And he said that
I was working and
Didn't know that
They had been drinking
Nearly all day.
Like the pair did when
They finished school
Early on Fridays.
It was his cousins
Fault and his family
All knew she had
A mean streak.