Thank God the doctor
Only shared the conclusion with me.
After that holiday
Where my mum told
Everyone I ruined it.
She would have been
Chomping at the bit
To tell everyone.
The don't take responsibility
For anything. Spending
Four nights a week
In the pub drinking
Their hard earned crust.
My Grandad had to
Buy them both a car
When my bro was born.
And a tv for our bedroom.
Thank God for my Grand parents.

I DID try on the holiday
I spoke to a lassie
But her mum said
She was a mother goose
And loved the kiddies.
So She played with them.
The family we spoke to
The wee girl sat
With me sometimes
On my lap and
Gave me a cuddle.

They got blitzed
And went on stage
One night for the
Entertainment and they
Re enacted doing a c^ap
And having sex,
On stage and acting
Like a pair of Non Educated
Delinquents and I was
Absolutely mortified to
Be associated with them.
They said they walked the dog
After sex in their mornin routine
When it was me,
Who always took him.
All they did was
Go to the boozer.

I Went snorkling in the sea.
It was nice walking
Around the harbour, marina.
We never went on trips.
And I was promised the earth
And nothing transpired.
They told the family we
Spoke to that my brother
Was an excellent golfer
Who got private lessons
From a pro and spent
His nights on the golf course.
Shining star is our loon.
And didn't say one word
About my academic
Or sporting endeavours.
I deliberately never took
A book with me
Because I wanted to join in
And take in the surroundings
Like coming face to face
With a tentacled jelly fish
After jumping cliffs into the sea.
I got a pile of cds for cheap
So I was sorted.
But my mum is never happy unless
She has something
To complain about.
So of course I
Was the out let.
If they didn't spend
So much money in the pub
Or my mum worked full time
Then we easily could
Have went over seas
On holiday. She certainly
Never spent her free
Time being a mum.
My brother was raised
By his nan and grandad practically.

On the plane there
David put his seat back on me.
First night he got sun stroke.
He made me clean
Up his vomit.
I went in a slight mood
Because I asked if I
Could go into town
Or for a walk,
And I got a firm
No not when you don't
Know the place.
When they said I
Could before we came,
In order for me to
Agree to come.
That was the deal,
I could get the bus
To the market
And go explore.
But no, all smoke and mirrors.
So I got prickly heat
From the cheap sun screen so
I went In a mood for
Half of one day, if that.
That night they got
Drunk and both of
Them slapped me
And screamed names
At Me, and I tell no lie
A glaswegian man and wife
Came to the door
Armed with a base ball bat
Saying that if they
Stayed near them they
Would be reporting them
To the child services,
And when they screamed
Back they struck my mum
On her arms with the bat
Knocked her on the floor,
And said what has
The lassie done? We saw
Her swimming in the pool
And playing pool.
Sittin ah quiet like,
It's you ars^holes that
Have a problem and
We hope you get
Your commupance. You
Can't fool us. Anymore
Noise and we call
Someone. We see priks
Like you ah the time.
And David cowered away
With his tail between his legs.
I think it was only
My mum who ran
Her mouth at home.
At least David knows
He was too hard on me.
They were hard on
My younger bro too,
But he escaped to
His nan and Granda's.
David high him and
Twisted his ears.
They were only my
Step family and it's
Different for girls.
We are conditioned
To just soldier on,
And make do and mend.
To count our blessings.
We are care givers.