recovery
cancelled jiu-jitsu
reluctant fat-club
© Rachel Green May 2025
VIII.III
"They don't like me," he says, "although I've lived here
all my life. I was born only a mile away
in Whitmore Reans, but because I share
my parent's heritage I shouldn't stay."
He shrugs. "Where would I go? I'm British born and bred
and much as all those skinheads might deny
I've the same right to be here as they do and said
as much when their kids bully mine and make them cry.
I've probably more right than them, in fact,
because unlike them, I work and contribute
to the economy by paying tax
but do they care? No, they do not give a hoot."
© Rachel Green May 2025
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