Dear Grandad<\/p>\n
Do I call you Grandad? Or Grandpa. Gramps?
\nWe never got to meet so we never got to clear that up.
\nTo be honest I\u2019m not sure I like any of them.
\nYou do have a pretty distinctive first name though.
\nValentine Hennessy. <\/p>\n
I think Dad is disappointed that we never got to meet.
\nHe often talks about you.
\nSays it’s a shame that you had your accident before Mum got pregnant
\nHe has a lot of stories about you.<\/p>\n
I do wonder how much of what he tells me is true.
\nIt can’t all be drunk man from Dublin stories.
\nI wish we had met. I\u2019d have had my first beer much earlier.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to think that we\u2019d get on. I\u2019m a wannabe performer too.
\nSome call me a show-off.
\nIt would have been nice to have another one in the family I could relate to
\nSomeone to play off?
\nThen again, maybe that would have gotten annoying eventually <\/p>\n
It\u2019s strange to write this for you
\nI feel I should tell you about my life
\nMy hopes and dreams
\nYou know, the standard stuff.
\nBut, Dad says you’re like me (or I’m like you)
\nYou prefer talking than listening.<\/p>\n
There is only one picture of you in the house I remember
\nIt\u2019s one of you at Mum and Dads wedding.
\nYou look absolutely shit faced!
\nRum and black in one hand, a cigarette in the other
\nYou don\u2019t look steady on your feet.
\nYour grin is something though.
\nKind of proud and cheeky
\nLike you\u2019re laughing at a punchline only you\u2019d get.<\/p>\n
You look like you\u2019re having fun.<\/p>\n
If it turns out there is no afterlife then I apologise for wasting your time.
\nIf there is one, I hope we can meet up someday and properly have this conversation.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll probably find you near the bar.<\/p>\n
Cheers Val<\/p>\n
Your Grandson
\nDavid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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