Back to School Blues
I was lucky enough to gain 1st Prize in a Worldwide Poetry Competition with this poem yesterday.Woke up this morning with back to school blues, Stared at my new uniform and black shiny shoes. Mum screaming, “Are you getting dressed?” “And it’s cold outside so put on a vest” I slouched into the kitchen holding my head, “I can’t go to school mum my heads gone all red. Maybe its typhoid, do you think I could die?” “I doubt it!” she screeched and loosened my tie. I ambled to school and kicked a few stones, Chatted to cl...