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'Aunties' by Titus Luxor

My aunties were all old, crazy

and had barely changed since the end of WWII.

I had a few and each one of them was worthy of a script by Alan Bennett.

They thought Eddie Fisher was risque.

Later in life, I settled down. Met a girl, we lived together.

She had a sister...let's call her Sue.

I saw Sue drunk as a skunk/fighting in pubs/etc.

No different to the rest of us I hasten to add.

However, it struck me as strange when, a few years later,

we had children and now she was "Auntie Susan".

Probably not as weird as "Titus is a Dad! LOL"

but we're not doing Dads today, it's about aunties.

In 1980 I was in a 'Rock Nightclub'

(makes it sound much more glamourous than it was I assure you)

I saw a guy in a fleecy hooded top.

Hoodies were not around much in the UK at this point.

It was American...in fact THIS hoodie was VERY American.

The Front, and I mean the whole garment, was basically

the cover of Black Sabbath's 'Heaven and Hell'.

The whole back was the front cover of BÖC's Agents of Fortune.

This was obviously from the 'Black & Blue' tour over in the states.

I muscled my way into his circle and got chatting to him.

I asked if he would considering selling the hoodie...er...to me.

He declined my offer and told me it was a gift

from his auntie who lived over in the US and had gone to one of the gigs.

Well...you could have knocked me down with a golden age of feather.

MY aunties wouldn't know a Diz-buster from a duster.

I was ripped off auntie-wise!

A school friend had an auntie who was nanny to Mick Box's kids.

Now THERE was a coincidence...one of my aunties LOOKED like Mick Box.

regards

Titus