Next Week at Youth Group

all the lads are sympathetic,
Frankie sips a coffee
in between Jordan and Derek
Why me? I didn’t de a thing.
Fact of Life, my friend.
It’s tribal – you know, Us and Them
any excuse, any difference,
Gay bashing.
It hasn’t marred
your beauty. Derek smiles,
Jordan leans over,
When I had brown bread sarnies
or rice salad for lunch, the other
kids would sniff and say:
Ooh, that’s so Gay
What’s gay about rice?
Madness.
It happens to the best of us
says Simon: Welcome to our world.