The Refreshment Tent by Gary Hewitt

The corner dark of wooden settee

In brightest spark of inky inn

The mood lightened by laughing buddha

Followed soon by tipsy clown

Who swiped a bottle of sweaty gin

And sat beside forgetful chimp

A curious look snared forgetful chimp

Who flopped onto wooden settee

He swigged heartily on sweaty gin

A scene most lively in inky inn

A flagon of ale for tipsy clown

Eager to share with laughing buddha

More raucous became laughing buddha

Yet scratching his head forgetful chimp

Another round demanded tipsy clown

He looked for room on wooden settee

A landlord concerned from inky inn

Lest someone complain about sweaty gin

He offered free lemons with sweaty gin

An offer accepted by laughing buddha

Echoes rebounded around inky inn

‘Is this the circus?’ pondered forgetful chimp

Who danced on hands on wooden settee

And parked himself down the tipsy clown

Head topsy turvy tipsy clown

Greasy hand holding sweaty gin

Puddle formed on wooden settee

Finger pointed from laughing buddha

Accused of piddle, forgetful chimp

Bucket and mop for inky inn

Trade booming for inky inn

Another round ordered by tipsy clown

Only water for forgetful chimp

For he could not handle sweaty gin

‘Whisky chaser’ cried laughing buddha

He swamped the middle of wooden settee

The inky inn swayed with sweaty gin

‘Booze’ cheered tipsy clown and laughing buddha

Somersaulting was forgetful chimp on wooden settee

Biography:

Gary Hewitt is a raconteur who lives in a quaint little village in Kent.  He has written two novels which are currently being edited. His writing does tend to veer away from what you might expect. He has had several short stories published as well as the occasional poem.

He enjoys both writing prose and poetry. His style of writing tends to feature edgy characters and can be extremely dark. Some of his influences are James Herbert, Stephen King, Bulgakov, Tolkein to name but a few

 He is also a proud member of the Hazlitt Arts Centre Writers group in Maidstone which features an eclectic group of very talented writers.

He has a website featuring his published works here: http://ghwt9996.wix.com/tales#!