School children spill across
empty concrete
a sea of green pinstripes
spotted with the occasional
‘wicket’ hat-
the branding or an education
learnt privately,
sprinkled with religious spice
(and all things nice)
from the cheque book of daddy;
whilst faded pine coloured tartan skirts
are rolled above the knee
and dirty adam’s apples bulge
blackened by a game of league-
individuality expressed through
multicoloured badges, backpacks,
which may equal personality
repressed by monochrome stockings
and hairpinned fringes
with padded blazers
inscribed with latin phrases.
© EM 2009
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