Forget all that!

You know, I graduated with an HND, which is higher technical, para professional.
Then topped up to a science degree.
I then taught for about four years, after which I went back and trained to be a teacher proper.
After that i taught for a few years in London.
Not to mention the fact that I have a post graduate diploma in business.

No no no forget all that, forget all thaaaaat...but there's a job going on the till in Tesco's of you're up for it; how about that then?

poem by Mark Benniman
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I am quite valuable

I am quite valuable

In a time when your wealth is your measure.

The house you live in, worth more than you are.

The Ferrari you buy has a space for the bag of heads needed to afford it.

Your credit rating more important than your education.

Your position more important than your country of origin.

When assertiveness is lightly veiled threats of murder.

When nothing you do pays the rent.

Where you are judged as to suitability on securing an unobtainable income.

A time when even the most foul can make the rules with wealth.

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poem by Mark Benniman
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