picture this
it is 1991
australia is being run by the labor party
or is that the labour party?
paul keating had usurped bob hawke only recently
it left a bitter taste in the mouth
bob was such a chchchchcharismatic bloke
the bloke that said any boss that sacks his underlings for being late to work the day australia 2 won the americas cup was a bastard
a real man of the people
so it was a bit sad that he got bumped by keating
who seemed a bit uppity
but bob had lost his touch
power had most certainly gone to his head
it was time for a new figure
and he turned out to be very impressive
wiping the floor with i challenge the prime minister and other conservative arses
lots of people were still ranting about how they didnt vote for him
but in this country we dont vote for prime ministers
we vote for political parties
year 12 had fizzled out
i had missed it entirely
it was a blur of chippiness and bore
angst and snore
then a year dedicated to sloth
booze, dope and fags
all kinds of extremes
jumping the back fence
walking through that bit of grass to the bottle shop
sitting outside on the steps with champelli spumante and 2 bottles of beer
visits to the tennis court car park and the primary school at night
bruce the fuckwit carrying on
then to blackburn and good good times
that palled quite quickly
the bullshit and cds being paraded
the ties hanging off the walls
the jim man impersonations
that so many people fell for
and ended up being so very transparent
sorry for being slightly perceptive man
it was very impressive though
most people fell for it most of the time
i always thought it must be incredibly hard work
livers and lungs and brains took an enormous belting
as did the phone bill
there was a couch above the front door
there was a mountain of rubbish on the nature strip
that the council threatened us about so we had to hire a skip
there were some pathetic dope plants in the backyard
that a couple of morons tried to steal and got busted!
there was twatkins being as painful as sbf if not worse
there was a bite out of the toilet seat and tomato sauce on it
the dishes pile high
and a constant stream of visitors
some people would just come over and hang out
completely uninvited
some of them were fucking buttocks
a girl lived under our pool table for a few weeks
and someone who was proud of the fact that he hadnt washed or clean his teeth in weeks
a big plastic bin full of cigarette butts
there was the bearded ladies party
the buying dresses and wandering around the streets in them
an almost big punch up between that bloke and that bloke
a room entirely full of stolen street signs and traffic cones
a trip to elwood beach at night
tripping away
lying on the sand staring at the clouds
manipulating them to form rabbits and other animals
but i tired of it after a few months
just when harder drugs were looming
along with a bit of petty crime
i didnt want a part of that
and i was bored with all the lies and charades
so i got a haircut, a purple shirt and some ridiculous blue trousers
and moved out
to start afresh after my year off
decided to repeat year 12 as an 'adult' at the tafe
where i met agog....