Boys From Brisco Mount
…
Boys from Brisco Mount
were not expected
to be high achievers,
although the brightest
might attend Tech College
and aspire to be fitters
at the biscuit works.
According to general opinion,
we came from a long line
of lower class no-hopers
and were scheduled,
as a matter of course,
to keep with this tradition.
A legend concerning
a hapless native
caught defiling
a helpless ruminant
had led to us all
being labelled
with the same tag
and added to the consensus
of inbred ne’er-do-wells.
Factory grime
was the destiny
of most of us
as we left
the school gates
for the final time,
which was a better deal
than previous generations,
whose destiny
(apart from sheep-shagging)
was trench warfare
and hunger marches.
© Shackleton 2023
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Hi Trevor. I almost missed your comment. It’s real backwoods west Cumbria, I spent the first 15 years of my life here before I escaped to big City Brum while England were winning the world cup. I was initially so lost in the city and wasn’t exactly sure how to cross the road. The poem is mostly true,,, with the odd smattering of poetic licence. Thanks for your comment.