Friday Mornings

The Presenters interviewed the excluded boy.

Their stated aim was to understand,

to see what could be improved,

how it could be made better for everyone.

“How did he feel about being excluded,” they asked.

“Don’t matter” the boy said.

“Don’t go anyway, ‘cept for Friday mornings.

Just mess about on the street.

Used to wind ‘em up when I went,

‘ave a laugh

that’s all

bit of fun messing.”

“Why?” an Interviewer asked.

“Borin’ innit.

Pointless

waste of time

apart from Friday mornings.

And I’m a waste of space

don’t wanna go

won’t go.”

“So you don’t mind being excluded?”

an Interviewer asked.

“Naw, rather be out with my mates,

they keep getting excluded an’ all, 

there’s no point to it

we can’t do it

don’t want to try

they’re all idiots

don’t wanna go,

‘cept for Friday mornings.

The questions came and went

the answers repetitive

but no one asked him

what happened

on Friday mornings.

https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/friday-mornings-and-rip-john-donne