TOMMY AND ERIC

 

Tommy Cooper

And Eric Morecambe

Were funny men

Not vulgar

Or foul mouthed

Not forced or contrived

Just naturally funny men

Who made you laugh

Just by walking on to the stage

In fact, thinking about them

Has just made me smile

1984

 

In 1984

The world changed

Irrevocably

It became darker

More foreboding

Not in an Orwellian way

But the sun was cooler

The wind sharper

The future more uncertain

That was 1984 for me

Because in the space

Of just a few short weeks

Tommy and Eric died