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Big Virge Jul 2015
So What Does This CLASS Thing...
... Mean To YOU... ???

Someone Who Went...
To A... " Public School "... ?
Or A Gent In A BOWLER...
Whose Demeanour Is Cool... ?

Well....
If This DEFINES Class To You... ?
Watch... Laurel and Hardy...
They Wore Them TOO... !!!

But All They Did Was...
... Act The FOOL... !!!!!

ME... Well I Went To...
Your Average State School...
Surrounded By Kids...
With A Few Who Were Fools... !!!

And Some Came UNSTUCK...
... WITHOUT Any Glue... !!!

Cos' They Left School...
WITHOUT Paying Their Dues... !!!

Like... LEARNING In Lessons...
Instead of GIRL STRESSING... !!!

Well I'm The TEST PRESSING...
That Proves That Some Lessons
Can Leave People STRESSING... !!!!!
And Yes... Second Guessing... ???

What Class Am I From... ?!?

I'm... NOT From A Class... !!!
Except A... " Classroom "...

But THAT ISN'T TRUE... !!!!!!!
My Mum And Dad KNEW...
What Couples Should Do...
In The... "Privacy of "...
A... " Double Bedroom "... !!!

IC1... IC3... ?
How About... IC2... ?

Do These STUPID Groupings...
DEFINE... What Is YOU.... ?!?!?!?

Well... If They DO...
Good Luck To You... !?!

But Police Like The Government...
DEFINE Who They CHOOSE...
Just So Their PUPPETS...
Can... DISH OUT ABUSE... !!!!!

Being BLACK Is A Class...
ALL of It's... " OWN "... !!!!!

Cos' Most OTHER Folk...
... DON'T Enter The Zone...
Where Blacks Are Deemed...
To Live UNCONTROLLED.... !!!

I've LOST CONTROL...
A... Couple of Times... !!!

But Now I Stick To Writing Rhymes...
To Show My Class By Using MY MIND... !!!

Class... DISTINCTIONS...
Go With NARROW Minds... !!!

While Words I Write...
DEFINE The Times...
WITHOUT Class Signs... !!!

I'm Just Another VICTIM...
of... Western Systems...
That KEEP US... A P A R T...
By The Use of.... " Isms "....

... " CAPITALISM "...
Is A CLASSLESS... Ism... !!!

Cos'... If You BELIEVE...
You're Just CASH DRIVEN... !!!

While... " RACISM "...
Is A... Class Filled Ism...
Where Blacks Are Deemed...
To Be... FIT For PRISON... !?!?!

But That's NOT ME...
Cos' I Haven't Been In Em'... !!!!!

I Grew Up........
In London... " West Ealing "...

But This DOESN'T Mean...
That I'm Liking DARJEELING … !!!

This Class Thing Needs CLEANING... !!!
Cos'... Living This Life...
Does NOT Have A Ceiling... !!!

This AIN'T Monty Python... !!!
Life Has... DEEPER Meaning...........
Than Visions of... " CLASS "...

Houses For LOUSES... !!!
And I'm NOT Talking Scousers'... !!!
They're ALL Right With Me...
It's People From London...
With... NO CLASS BELIEVE... !!!

I Can Tell By Their Looks...
When They're Looking At ME... !!!

These People Are FULL of HYPOCRISY... !!!
This IS How CLASSY TRUE Londoners Be... !!!

Who Then Have The CHEEK... !!!
To DEFINE... Who I Be... !!?!!

My Father And Friends...
Used To Run In BARE FEET...

My Mum Used To TEACH...
And Both of Them Came From...
That... Bajan' Country...

With Sugar Cane Fields...
And White Sandy Beach...

My Father Is NOW...
An... OSTEOPATH... !!!

So Let's LOOK At That...

He's Treated STAR Athletes...
And White Folk That's FACT... !!!!!

Does THIS Give Me A PASS... ?!?
To Be... " Middle Class "...
Even Though I Am BLACK... ?!?

This STUPID Class Question...
Is Simply A... FARCE... !!!

Divisions Are... VAST...
Like A Galleon Mast... !!!
But BREAKING These Boundaries...
Is A Task... BEYOND Class... !!!!!!

And This Is UNCERTAIN... ?
Who... REALLY Has... ?!?

.......... " CLASS ".........
British folks and their ... " Groupings " ... !!!
Big Virge May 2020
Ya Know ...
Within My Arms Are Lyrical Psalms ...

WITHOUT ...
Jewish or Christian Points of View ... !!!

What They Produce Is NOTHING New ...
But The Style ... " PROFILED " ...
STREET FIGHTS Like ... " GUILE " ... !!!

Okay I Mean ... " Virge " ... !!!
A Man Whose ARMS Put Words In Verse ...
In A Way That PRESERVES ........
Thoughts WELL OBSERVED ... !!!

You See My Arms TRANSPORT My DEEPEST Thoughts ...
From Brain To Page In NUMEROUS Ways ... !!!!

My Catalogue Now CONFIRMS To CLOWNS ...
That My Arms Are STRONG As Well As LONG ... !!!!!!!

NOT Muscle Bound But Built To POUND ... !!!
Lyrical FITNESS Into Those Who BEAR WITNESS ... !!!

of ... Thoughts I Write Down ...
And EXPRESS Through Lyrics ...
That Are Fluid Like ... LIQUIDS ... !!!!!

See My Arms CONNECT Nouns Consonants And Vowels ...
That My Mouth Now EXPOUNDS From ... Time to Time ...

But Prefer To Inscribe Onto Notepad Type Lines ...
Where They Formulate Rhymes That Come From My Mind ...

So Their TECH Is IMMORTAL ...
When OPENING Portals ...
For Minions of Mortals ...
To Find Out My ORALS ...
Are WAY BEYOND Normal ...
When They ENTER Their AURAL ... !!!

Because They're RESOURCEFUL ...
And Prove To Be ... THOUGHTFUL ... !!!

So Therefore ... DO NOT Dawdle ...
In Places Known As BORSTALS ... !!!!!

My Arms Can Be Quite FORCEFUL ... !!!
But Manage To Be ... " Cordial " ...
When BREAKING DOWN What's Lawful ...
In Wordplay That Is SCORNFUL ...
That NO ... Is NOT REMORSEFUL ... !!!!!!

Because My Arms Are CAUSAL ...
So YES ... Embrace A CAUSE ... !!!!!!

To PROVE What is UNLAWFUL ...
In STATUTORY Laws That KEEP EXPOSING FLAWS ... !!!

Talking of FLOORS ...
My Arms ENDURE Push Ups Fa' SURE ... !!!
To Keep My Head And Shoulders ... BROAD ... !!!

Therefore Their STRENGTH ...
CAN TAKE The Strain My Mind ORDAINS ... !!!!!

My Arms BELIEVE Have Seen Some GRIEF ... !!!
And SOMETIMES SEEN Some ... " SWEET ***** " ... !!!!

My Arms Have HELD Their Share of Girls ...
Those Who've GELLED With ... " Virges' World " ... !!!!!!

But Now My Arms ...
Have Been REPELLED ...
For Quite Some Time .... !!!!!!!

Because My Mind Has Found That Charm ...
Is NOT What Gets My Arms A Pass To HOLD Some *** ... !!!

My Arms Now Want MORE Than Some Stunt ...
YES I Mean ... TRICK ...
To Do MORE Than EXPOSE Her **** ... !!!

They're OLDER Now ...
So REJECT ..................................... " SOWS " .... !!!!!
And YOUTHFUL ... " COWS " ... !!!!!

They Want A WOMAN NO MORE NO LESS ... !!!
One Whose SOUL Wants Arms To HOLD ...
Whilst Having *** And In Times of STRESS ... !!!!!!

This Piece Right Now Is Near It's END ...
My Arms Are PROUD WITHOUT A Doubt ... !!!

Because They've NEVER THROWN Or HIT ...
A Woman With Whom I Shared A KISS ...

But There Was ONE ***** Who Felt The GRIP ...
But BEFORE You Feminists RUN YOUR LIPS ... !!!!!!!

Let Me Just STRESS THIS ... !!!

She DISRESPECTED My MOTHER ... !!!
So MY Arms HAD TO TOUCH HER ... !!!

So NOW It's Time ...
For My Arms To FIND ...
Some Words of RHYME ...
That REFLECT On The Times ...
When My Mother Was Alive ...

HER ARMS Made Me STRONG ... !!!
And RAISED Me With Aplomb To NOT DO WRONG .... !!!!!!

UNTIL She Declined And POOR Health INCLINED ...
My Heart To USE MINE To DO What Was RIGHT...
And Be By Her Side Til' The Day She DIED ... !!!

Now My Father Was A Man ...
Who HAD ... STRONG HANDS ... !!!

He Was An ... " Osteopath " ...

But What Was ... " Sad " ...
Was That He DIDN'T Just CRACK His Patients' Backs ... !!!!!!

When He Got MAD ...
His Arms Brought HARM To My Mothers' Heart ... !!!!!!!!!

Which I Guess is  WHY They Fell ... APART ... ?????

He Didn't Even CARE When It Came To Her DEATH ... ?!?

But My Arms Were There And Have Marked A Path ...
For Them To Chart ...
What My Memories Are Through THIS Piece of Art ...

There Were NO Psalms Or Guns In Palms ...
When Her Card Was MARKED For My Mother To PASS ...
And Leave Me To Write ... THIS EPITAPH ... !!!

About How She Died YES ... IN ...

............ " My Arms " .............
What to say ?
Well, I Love You Mum as I always will !
John McCove May 2020
gray brittle phrases
where's my osteopath
fed up with thoughts and hypotheses
with my soaked shoes
with my own self forever standing out
how tall are you, you brat
countryside
otherwise
otherside
misery of shallow waters
overused leitmotifs
simplistic mottos
approximation when it comes to numbers
nostalgia when i have to deal with childhood photos
casuistic morals
opportunist goals
the vigour of distrust
whenever i think of social distancing or social media

the concept of not being involved
similar to not being alive
yet it's better than being dead
that's my life

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