Walnutt brought
cigarettes to school
packet of five.
Davies said
the bogs was best
for a smoke.
I watched out
at the playground
for teachers or prefects.
O'Brien and Sutcliffe
and Davies and Walnutt
stood in a small circle
lighting their cigarettes
from the one match
Sutcliffe had.
O'Brien lit mine
and poked it
between my lips.
My big sister
got them for me
Walnutt said.
Good on
your big sister
O'Brien said.
Have you heard
about Austen
and the competition
he's having for
the best piece
of pottery
Sutcliffe said.
That's me out
I said
he says I couldn't
make a ***
to **** in.
Did he say that?
Davies said.
Not in so
many words
but that's
what he meant
I said.
Who gives a ****
about pottery
O'Brien said
how's your cousin
Sutcliffe?
she had her photo
taken again recently?
any **** pictures
to show?
No she ain't
like that
Sutcliffe said
just modelling stuff.
I looked
at a prefect
walking over
by the woodwork
classroom wall.
Prefect near
I whispered
hiding my cigarette
behind my back
exhaling smoke
through pursed lips.
They all took
deep inhalations
and tossed
the cigarette butts
in the toilet pan.
Davies flushed
the chain.
O'Brien waved
his hand in the air
to wipe away
any smoke.
One by one
we ventured out.
My cigarette
flicked behind.
O'Brien
thanked Walnutt
for the cigarettes
and for being kind.
Jun 28, 2017
Jun 28, 2017 at 2:47 PM UTC
Walnutt brought
cigarettes to school
packet of five.
Davies said
the bogs was best
for a smoke.
I watched out
at the playground
for teachers or prefects.
O'Brien and Sutcliffe
and Davies and Walnutt
stood in a small circle
lighting their cigarettes
from the one match
Sutcliffe had.
O'Brien lit mine
and poked it
between my lips.
My big sister
got them for me
Walnutt said.
Good on
your big sister
O'Brien said.
Have you heard
about Austen
and the competition
he's having for
the best piece
of pottery
Sutcliffe said.
That's me out
I said
he says I couldn't
make a ***
to **** in.
Did he say that?
Davies said.
Not in so
many words
but that's
what he meant
I said.
Who gives a ****
about pottery
O'Brien said
how's your cousin
Sutcliffe?
she had her photo
taken again recently?
any **** pictures
to show?
No she ain't
like that
Sutcliffe said
just modelling stuff.
I looked
at a prefect
walking over
by the woodwork
classroom wall.
Prefect near
I whispered
hiding my cigarette
behind my back
exhaling smoke
through pursed lips.
They all took
deep inhalations
and tossed
the cigarette butts
in the toilet pan.
Davies flushed
the chain.
O'Brien waved
his hand in the air
to wipe away
any smoke.
One by one
we ventured out.
My cigarette
flicked behind.
O'Brien
thanked Walnutt
for the cigarettes
and for being kind.
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