Penny Novelette

from Penny Novelettes by The Cleaners From Venus

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He was a throwback to some much earlier time
Dressed like his dad's dad had done,
when still in his prime
Out on his boneshaker
Taking down the orders for a hipster baker
He was an old-fashioned boy.

Now, there was a girl on his rounds –
He spoke to her most days
She lived with her mum,
Some retired singer; set in her ways
There on her doorstep
In houndstooth check,
she really looked quite retro.
This was no ordinary girl.

Then, out on the chalk down
When spring warmed the small town
He suddenly summoned up the sum
of what he wanted to say
He said "Ah Sally, let's marry
It wouldn't have to be exactly
Meghan and Harry
Just you and me and the moon."

(and she said….. 'soon')

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from Penny Novelettes, released June 25, 2021

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The Cleaners From Venus Wivenhoe, UK

The Cleaners from Venus are these four 70 year-old guys in a band who dress the same and look a bit like each other. They have loads of tawdry adventures, usually with a group of over made-up women a few years younger than themselves. As a consequence they often spend their free time in prayer and quiet contemplation trying to atone for a shared guilt which they find very difficult to process. ... more

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