Go to uni. GO to uni.
You can..chill he says
And imitates smoking.
Why would I get myself
In debt so I could
Lounge around getting
Stoned all day.
Then end up letting
My studying fall
By the wayside.
Study, work and party.
I couldn't have
All The cake.
I would have needed
To work at the weekend
And during holidays
Unlike him because
My parents would not
Subsidise my future.
They would bail me
Out of a sticky spot.
They never gave my
Younger sibling a deposit
For a car when he
Secured his apprenticeship
So what were the chances
They would have made
Life easier for me back then
When I was eighteen?
I would not have been mad
If my parents loaned money
To my sibling for a car
Which he would pay back
In instalments because
He had a good job. I never.
David had money to
Pin back his ears
For crying out loud.
They became more
Financially comfortable by
The time I moved
In with Fred. Things change.
When I looked into
Getting a bursary at
The local College
After the rehab stay, I found
My household income
I.e. my parents pay
Was too high for
Me to qualify for much
If ANY of a bursary.
I was always
Falling through cracks.