A motivational speech

A motivational speech

I am the words you won't hear, you know you don't need me cause you won't  know you need me til you felt the fear
the fear like what sometimes we forget to have. See we, are the steadfast- straight as laces wrapped round little fingers of rats running races- boys and girls who spend the best days of our lives working to make sure we can -spend- during the rest of the days of our lives, careful to forget that by virtue of being here -we-deserve better.

But We do not work to achieve we work to delay, exist for tomorrow cause tomorrow we can play at running forward and far, climbing high telling ourselves that our wings aren't made of wax so when the sun rises we can all fly away, but we sat by and watched the cage door close cuz we were too busy pluming feathers. Pushing pencils while the sun rose penning papers to say I don't like Mondays cuz we don't like any days even though we made the days the way that they are and when the sun sets there's always one more pencil left to push

Then We teach our kids the way we were taught, eat, piss, shit fuck sleep and repeat cause we inferred from fickle forefather figures that that, is all we were built for, that is the subtraction of our parts told that we were born to give birth and given equal starts so we grind a fist into the dirt until our bones don't work. And it isn't worth it.  

Fly the coop, take your pencils and push them down the throat of anyone who says stop.
We deserve better. Now prove it.


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The pub corner poets is a collaboration between pubs, poets and film makers giving original work and new artists a chance to be heard. This project born in "the city of poetry" Hull, works with students to create original works and celebrate spoken word in all its forms. With a strong local ethos key to its model, the PCP aims to collaborate with local establishments offering a mutually beneficial relationship, exploring the rich cultural history of its home Hull and sharing that message with its wider audience.
A student for student project the key here is their "have a go attitude" ranging from first timers to published poets the PCP has one simple goal "The Joy Of Spoken Word"