Festival Performance

The Canny Man’s

My friend fixed my roof
He done a great job
Shoved him a ton
Then took him for an early lunch at the Cannys
He’d left his specs in his van so I had to read him the entire menu including the provenance of the butcher
He was insistent on that
I called Mrs Kerr over
Her meat purveyor hailed from Musselburgh, Port Seton, "somewhere like that"
So we both ordered steak pie & mash
And a couple of pints to wash it down
Then another two
A few more perhaps
Weren’t too bothered where they came from
By 4 o’clock we’d put the world to rights
And recalled the time when, at the Usher Hall, we’d edged forward so we could get a butchers at Paul Weller’s shoes
My friend had been insistent on that
What a performance