pavement of the moment (potm)

when i was of the ages 14 - 17 i estimate i spent at least half of my aliveness being grounded

and grounded in my house meant
no going anywhere
no friends over to visit
and
extremely limited phone privileges

it's not that i was a very bad kid - i was not

i really wasn't

probably i was an unhappy kid who made some questionable choices ( i know, i know - who would have thought i'd grow up to be....oh, hang on...) and was punished in an unreasonably strict manner

other kids from the 'hood will attest to this strictness - my dad was the long arm of the law their parents called in to break up gatherings, parties, shindigs and the odd riot

and all the boys were afeared of him

so that is why one summer when i was fifteen and i was grounded for the entire school holidays bar ONE WEEK i was able to get a remarkable tan in the skibo st backyard and become well aquainted with
'gone with the wind'
'the godfather'
AND
'roots'