Country Boys

Nobody bothered about us
meeting up in town
to smoke a little dope in the snug
of The Nag’s Head on a Saturday night.

Nor about us being underage
and drinking.

A couple of pints each
was about as much as we could manage
before we caught busses back
to our respective villages.

The trick was to appear sober
and not uncharacteristically chatty
(think sullen teenager!)
by the time you got home.

And the aim, on Sunday,
was to wake up with a clear enough head
to engage brain and tackle the A-Level homework
we’d have been better off completing
before we even thought
of going
out.


Country Boy Song