The Real English

[Delta40]

Meh.
A London Museum away.
A poor cleaner crouched over
my toilet bowl,
scrubbing the ****e away.
A station clerk whose only job
is to be black and rude
tells me to go away.
This is where the English live
Not in Saville Row homes
or a quick turn off Euston Road
into little parks and gardens.
Deaf to the bustling city life
and may I have another scone?
While the television blurts on
about the restoration of great
British homes,
every purchase I make falls apart
at the seams.
On Primrose Hill there is no sun.
No God.
But lots of gorillas beating their chests.
The English live in a gutter
disguised by spicy aromatic dishes
and cheap tawdry wares
in an overpopulated marketplace.
They all tell me in broken English
that in their country it is bad luck
to let the first customer go
and I am truly a beautiful person.
Meh.

[cafolini]

Tie me kangaroo down ...

[Emil Miller]

Meh.
A London Museum away.
A poor cleaner crouched over
my toilet bowl,
scrubbing the ****e away.
A station clerk whose only job
is to be black and rude
tells me to go away.
This is where the English live
Not in Saville Row homes
or a quick turn off Euston Road
into little parks and gardens.
Deaf to the bustling city life
and may I have another scone?
While the television blurts on
about the restoration of great
British homes,
every purchase I make falls apart
at the seams.
On Primrose Hill there is no sun.
No God.
But lots of gorillas beating their chests.
The English live in a gutter
disguised by spicy aromatic dishes
and cheap tawdry wares
in an overpopulated marketplace.
They all tell me in broken English
that in their country it is bad luck
to let the first customer go
and I am truly a beautiful person.
Meh.



Sounds familiar.

[Delta40]

Hah! After a wondrous late afternoon at the National Gallery, I came back to the hotel to find my swipe card would no longer let me in. turns out my credit card had declined part of my payment (part?) Oh I'm sorry madam. Couldn't even get a complimentary breakfast for all the bull or should I say horse**** I was put through late last night but the desk clerk was only capable of repeating 'sorry madam' like that will resolve managerial issues. Well that's my ***** for the morning. Aussies are awful whingers when they put their minds to it....might just get my hands dirty today and do laundry and then hopefully be reborn or something.

[hallaig]

Hate London too. Interchanging of British and English in this piece which i find annoying: they're not the same thing.

[Delta40]

I know that hallaig but the program covered Britain. Hosted by English x