Flash Fiction: The Eejit Pit by Jenny Lindsay

Jenny Lindsay
13 June 2014

A poem from one half of spoken wordsters Rally & Broad

Jaggy, numpty mooth –
Wheesht wi yer chitter!
The nicht wiz sair an’ jiggered;
Noo, a thrang ae claes
Drapt oan the eejit pit …

Oor fear kist awa’
Wi carry-oot,
(Braw shoogle?)
Maun noo,
Bidie-in,
Fair morn isnae close.

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