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The fresh wins of a yard well cleared

3 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Islington.

  • Beth Hoskins
  • James Gilbert
  • Danny
 
Saturday, 27th of October 2018

Now this is a story all about how
A yard got flipped turned upside down
And we’d like to take a minute, just sit right there
We’ll tell you how we three came to the aid of Mrs S.

In fresh North London morning haze
Frosty temps didn’t stop Beth, Danny and James
Rolling out, jiving, arriving like cool
Let’s see what Mrs S would like for us to do.
We found a bunch of old waste that was up to no good
So we started taking rubble, chairs, weeds and old wood
We built one little pile, but Mrs S said not there
She said, “Can you move it from where it is now to over here?”

We whistled as we bagged and the yard was getting clear
Then Danny made a friend and showed a nice lack of fear
If anything we could say that this man was rare
But we thought, nah, forget it, yo there’s a spider in your ear!

We filled up so many bags about seven or eight
So we yelled to the trash, “You thrown, smell you later!”
Mrs S looked at her kingdom, it was finally clear
Now we gots to head home, tell ‘em GoodGym was here.

Report written by James Gilbert


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Alexander Kenmure
Alexander Kenmure
Sunday October 28th, 2018 20:23

Absolute genius.

Alix Guerber
Alix Guerber
Monday October 29th, 2018 11:16

Never doubted your GG report abilities James but this is pretty wonderful.

Dom Tooze
Dom Tooze
he/him
Monday October 29th, 2018 11:17

James, word on the street is that you're doing a recital of this at Islington group run tonight - looking forward to it!

James Gilbert
James Gilbert
Monday October 29th, 2018 13:34

Not without my DJ Dom :D

Steve Lee
Steve Lee
Monday October 29th, 2018 17:32

* drops mic *
* audience drops jaws *

Nykolette
Nykolette
Tuesday October 30th, 2018 08:45

This is absolutely brilliant. 👍🏽

Portsmouth runner
Portsmouth runner
Friday November 2nd, 2018 10:15

I love it!

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