Cold Codger

By Tommy Atkins

I am old now. Old and cold. I live in Northumberland, beautiful but cold. Almost as cold as it was in Korea, on the Imjin. Thankfully my heating allowance is not going to be taken away from me. I can sit by the electric fire all wrapped up in blankets and survive the winter, I hope. I can sit and look at pictures of my Mabel, who passed away 5 years ago…