{"id":2272,"date":"2021-11-08T12:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:35:37","slug":"new-poems-knowing-my-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaunbelcher.com\/writing\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Knowing my place: Thames Valley Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Doff your cap,
Toe the line,
Do a good job,
Know your place,
Speak when spoken to,
Don’t talk back, keep mum,
Be reliable
Hold your knife properly,
Don’t leave the table until told to,
Watch your step,
March in time,
Defer to your betters,
Salute the flag,
Be punctual,
Do a good job,
Never argue,
Be polite,
Bow,
Scrape,<\/em>
Be invisible.

If you do not do as you are told you have…

A chip on your shoulder,
Are bitter,
Difficult
A maverick
A born troublemaker
An outsider
A thief<\/em>
Or worse
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Working Class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2010 – White Van Town – Didcot Council Estate
Each van a different worker living on this road it a Sunday.. the Thatcherite Dream made reality. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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