A WALK IN THE PARK..
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A WALK IN THE PARK // By Robert Dungey
Dave stood at the counter
Of the deli in the park
It was half past eight and he was scared
Cos it was getting dark
Now Dave is not a big girls blouse
The dark did not un-nerve him
But his Missus had sent him out for milk
At around about 2.30
The walk from where his van was parked
Was not that far at all
He told her he'd be back there
By the time the kettle boiled
But a bloke named Geoff from Bendigo
Was obviously in strife
Trying to erect an annex
With a not so helpful wife
Now putting up an annex
To David was a breeze
He said to Geoff 'I've put up
A bloody lot of these'
They got that annex sorted
As soon as you could blink
And Geoff absolutely insisted
That they had to have a drink
Then Bert came from his caravan
And joined the conversation
He'd been 'up the guts'...and 'across the top'
And all around the nation'
He'd brought a six pack with him
To help him share his wisdom
They thought if they would drink his beer
It was only fair to listen
They looked along the sites a bit
And noticed that 'old mate'
Was battling with a pop top
That was sadly out of date
So the trio moved along as one
To see what they could do
They were rewarded for their efforts
With some clean-skin home-made brew
Jack from Tumbarumba
Well he didn't mind a yarn
He'd been on the road for several months
Since he'd up and sold the farm
He was full of information
On batteries, solar power
He had an Esky full of coldies
So they stayed there for an hour
They were considerably smarter
Than they were a while before
And wheel bearings and tow bars
Were now well to the fore
Gordon from Wonthaggi
Was new to diesel heaters
So he joined in and traded notes
With a bloke named Wally Peters
There must have about ten blokes
Standing beer in hand
Swapping information
On vans and trips they planned
It seemed to be that they all agreed
When the conversations crowded
The smarter blokes just turn it up
And talk a little louder
They were leaning on the back
Of Arthur Johnson's Hilux Ute
He had an Engel full of Carlton Draught
He was a generous kind of coot
They got wound up on highway tolls
They really went to town
Free parking, pubs and football
They all went round and round
And Dave was in amongst it
He could always hold his own
He could come up with an answer
To any curve ball he was thrown
But somewhere back inside his mind
A message bobbing up
Like a picture of his missus
Waiting with a cup
He could make no sense of it
The message wasn't clear
So he went the obvious solution
And cracked another beer
But he had this deep foreboding
Down there in his belly
That for reasons he couldn't fathom
He should be in the deli
So here he was at half past eight
Full of beer and bloat
Putting blame upon his missus
For not giving him a note
He could simply not remember
What it was that he should get
Standing in the deli
He placed his safest bet
He got a bit of everything
He thought theyd ever need
From bread to soap and chewing gum
And a bag of parrot seed
He got some licorice all sorts
And lollies of that ilk
But poor old Dave walked out of there
Without a drop of milk
He got back to his caravan
As sheepish as could be
The little lady waiting
He'd have to wait and see
Just how deep the mire was
As he walked in the door
But she had gone and got the milk herself
She'd seen it all before
'Now David' she admonished him
'The next day out is mine'
The girls and I are going to chat
And drink a bit of wine'
Dave said 'that's alright dear
Have a lovely day
I can never really figure out
How women have so much to say' 
Absolutely gold.
Relate to all of that
Absolute cracker!
I have seen quite a few of his works over the past 3 yrs or so. Has a talent for a good story and plenty of humour