I have this face in my mind’s eye,
A silhouette of a face,
So very, very close,
Obscenely familiar.
The face of my mum.
Smoking, puffs cascade around here regretting eyes,
The tears flow down here coal stained cheeks:
‘I am just so very very sad: about how my life turned out’.
She whispers, like the ghost she now is.
It’s a warning. You know.
A warning to you, and me.
The guilt of the working class,
Isn’t
The guilt of the working class.
It’s, actually, the guilt of those who dare even dream:
Of escape.
Just as soon as you hit that jackpot, the till chimes and the pennies roll in:
The pattern stops it.
DEAD.
Oh, forgive yourself,
It isn’t deliberate.
It’s a programme.
Let’s reprogramme it: eh?
Part of a series… let’s reprogramme it… grab the next to rewire 😉


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