A Working-Class State Of Mind
Colin Burnett
Ah laid the boax ae painkillers alongside the boattle ae Smirnoff vodka oan the coffee table. It doesnae even matter tae me that ma flat is that cauld it wid gee an Eskimo the shivers. Aw ah kin focus oan is the troubling thoats which are circling aroond ma heid like a vulture stalks a dying animal. Jist waiting fur the right moment tae pick through the bones. Each thoat bringing another feeling ae hopelessness and his gid pal, despair. Ah mean, Guantanamo Bay hus probably got a maire hamely feel tae it than this dump. Thirty years oan this planet and what do ah huv tae show fur it? A TV they dafties fae CSI could trace back tae John Logie Baird. A carpet that’s goat maire stains oan it than an actress auditioning fur Harvey Weinstein. And look
