One of the Lads

Tom Dylan


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He wants to be one of the lads

and although football bores him to tears

he watches all the live games on TV

so he can join in the talk with his friends.

 

He hates the taste of lager

but he downs pint after fizzy pint,

enviously eyeing the old man in the flat cap

as he sips his pint of real ale.

 

He listens to loud lairy rock music

with all its swagger and machismo

but classical music speaks to him

in ways he can't explain.

 

He refers to his local Indian restaurant

as the curry-house and always orders

the hottest dish on the menu

even though he'll suffer the next day.

 

He wants to be one of the lads,

he ticks the boxes and wears all the brands

but inside there's a hollow emptiness

 he finds it best not to dwell on. 

  • Author: Tom Dylan (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 31st, 2024 03:26
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • 2781

    Then we grow up!

    • Tom Dylan

      Fact. 🙂

    • Teddy.15

      I read this with my lady eyes of course, as I'm not a lad, growing up and spending almost my entire 20's in Twickenham on pub crawls with the girls, you just brought a whole new sensitivity to a lads night out. Superb Tom. 🤗

      • Tom Dylan

        Thanks Teddy. Really appreciate your comments. I think we should do what we enjoy doing, regardless of what people think and any peer-pressure. I'm not one for football, and yet my wife is a massive Manchester United fan. It's roles reversed in our house. On Sunday I was cooking while she was watching the game. 🙂

        • Teddy.15

          That's what you call a wonderful marriage.

        • Doggerel Dave

          Cracked that one, mate.... machismo such a farce.
          Oh so well said....

          • Tom Dylan

            Thanks a lot, Dave. Really appreciate your comments. 🙂

          • Neville


            This more than adequately, it also eloquently sums up almost every young lad in the gang .. tis brilliant master Tom .. Neville

            • Tom Dylan

              I see it a lot, these lads trying desperately to fit in with the crowd, and afraid to put a foot wrong, trying to tick all the right boxes. I'm glad I'm a bit too long in the tooth to care about all that. Thanks a lot for your comments, Neville. Cheers, Tom.

            • Accidental Poet

              Fit in where you feel the most comfortable, where you feel you belong. 😉👍

              • Tom Dylan

                Exactly, AP! Spot on. 🙂

              • Thomas W Case

                Fantastic work Tom. I see this all the time.

                • Tom Dylan

                  Thanks Thomas, really appreciated.

                • Goldfinch60

                  We must all be ourselves Tom, I have a philosophy in my life
                  "If you don't like what you see it is not my problem, it is yours!"

                  Andy

                  • Tom Dylan

                    Spot on, Andy. Couldn't agree more. Cheers, Tom.

                  • Reynaldo Casison

                    Superb

                    • Tom Dylan

                      Thanks, Reynaldo. Really appreciated.



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