The Gorko Gazette

Daily Humor

thegorkogazette

5.3.2024 6:34 AM

‘Friday Mornings’ by Lynn White

FRIDAY MORNINGS

The Presenters interviewed the excluded boy.
The aim was to understand,
to see what could be improved,
how it could be made better for everyone.

How did he feel about being excluded, they wondered.
‘Don’t matter’ the boy said.
‘Don’t go anyway, except for Friday mornings.
Just mess about on the street.
Just used to wind ‘em up when I went,
‘ave a laugh
bit of fun messing.’

‘Why?’ an Interviewer asked.
‘Borin’ innit
Pointless
waste of time,
waste of space
except for Friday mornings,
don’t wanna go
won’t go.’

‘So you don’t mind being excluded?’
an Interviewer asked.
‘Naw, rather be out with my mates,
they keep getting excluded an’ all,
there’s no point to it
can’t do it
don’t want to try
they’re all idiots
don’t wanna go,
except for Friday mornings.

The questions came and went
but no one asked him
what happened
on Friday mornings.

about the artist

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

Image generated on Stable Diffusion