Brickstown

Wounds to heal, Heels to wound 1965 to 1983

Let’s make a cocktail


Take five hundred youths 

of mixed racial origin

with no jobs broken homes 

and total prejudice


Mix with bad housing 

boredom and a few policeman 

shops to loot

and fun to boot


Pour in stolen petrol 

to a bottle

but first drink the contents

Set it alight and hurl at the policeman 

Get arrested

say bad boy

you're out and do it again.