When the Dogs Bite: 2nd June 2024

yellow poppies

in a shaft of sunshine

bright smiles

radio four

as I'm driving to or from training

talking about jobs you had as teenagers

We hear of a woman who worked on a market stall

selling baked potatoes with one in each pocket

to keep her hands warm

and a lad who worked at the cinema

dressed up as Darth Vader for a new film experience.

I debate phoning in.

My job at age fourteen was officially 'gardener'

but I was actually working down the park

giving blow jobs at a tenner a pop

behind the cricket pavilion.

I elect not to phone in.

This is the face of seventies Britain

The BBC would rather forget.

When the Dogs Bite