(deputy head)

*CLAP* YOU COME HERE !


Volts in his veins shot up through

his laser tinted glasses

Spit clutching his rusty beard

The rest worn on the boat of my blazer 

Tonsils raw like those of

Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York. 

He took me to see the head

she looked at me pathetically 

no knee nor breast

or place to rest 

and recover in her royal blue suit

to sit at peace with her perfume. 



At home, 

dizzy with regret, 

I threw up my dinner

My head pounded. 

Mum came in the next day

he became a charmer, 

worked his side parting

Got a glint in his eye.

Said I could sit at the front

of the class with him, 

I looked down at the boat on my blazer

knew it wouldn't keep dry.



It wasn't long before another CLAP.

My work in the bin
 
Marched to the hall 

and sat with my hands on my head

for 20 minutes with him. 



The next day, a new School

I was happy to let that boat drown in his spit.