Wet, cold evening light.<\/p>\n
Glasgow 1926.<\/p>\n
Mother gone.<\/p>\n
Father liqueured.<\/p>\n
Two small boys.<\/p>\n
Tommy is the eldest.<\/p>\n
6 years of age with brother of 4.<\/p>\n
In charge of the house.<\/p>\n
Beaten like his mother.<\/p>\n
Two small boys.<\/p>\n
Small in stature.<\/p>\n
Barefoot on cold streets.<\/p>\n
Red mane of hair.<\/p>\n
He learned to fight.<\/p>\n
Two small boys.<\/p>\n
Military service not soon enough.<\/p>\n
Brothers in the Scottish Brigade.<\/p>\n
Needed boots in the tropics.<\/p>\n
Had to fight.<\/p>\n
Had to kill.<\/p>\n
Two small boys.<\/p>\n
Force marched in the heat<\/p>\n
Like his mother being beat<\/p>\n
They learned some Japanese<\/p>\n
Two small boys<\/p>\n
206 were captured<\/p>\n
Toiling in the mines<\/p>\n
Brothers separated in hell<\/p>\n
Two small boys<\/p>\n
Only the strong survived the streets of Glasgow<\/p>\n
Fists & cunning won the day<\/p>\n
Only 6 survived the prisoner of war camp<\/p>\n
One small boy<\/p>\n
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Wet, cold evening light. Glasgow 1926. Mother gone. Father liqueured. Two small boys. Tommy is the eldest. 6 years of age with brother of 4. In charge of the house.…<\/p>\n