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Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Man up Soft Lad Soft Lad Man Up






From birth to nursery little boy blue
learns to remain silent
to swallow his pride and self hate
"NO NO, he's too young for that"
"He's got his father's eyes"
I should hope so too.
From sandpit to down the pit
lad, me laddo, boyo
swallows pills of 'toxic masculinity'
brand name 'Viagra'
Cos it's important to keep it hard and keep it up
to be an upstanding member
till you die of heart attack
called unrequited love 
It's all bollocks but you have to save face at the coal face.
cavemen in suits
business lunch
entrepreneurial spirits
pickling livers
like hob nailed boots
that we used to walk to work in
hooter sounds
the rave begins
glow sticks for Davy lamps
whistles for canaries
"Tell me my good man, is this Dawns y Glocsen or Riverdance?"
"It's the Colliery Viewer you needs to be asking"


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