I had not lang been at school
already consideered ‘backward’
an my faither, in search o’ Abergeldie
had his bairns finding
aivry deid ‘Peter Gordon’ oan
tombstones in the Kirkyard.
Aye, ther wis mony deid Peter Gordons!
An as bairns, we skipped wi’ glee
as we found wan aifter anaither!
I didnae oonerstan’ at the time,
– I wis ‘backward’, ye ken –
sic a profoond lesson:
the reverse side of a’ words.
The abstract distance wis lost oan me:
my notes an self, alreedy Petering oot.
By Peter Scott-Gordon
19 October 2024
Part of our childhood gathered notes, Glenmuick Kirkyard:
