A freshman would come runnin screamin’ FIGHT every interval
Buckland got baked, tried to throttle the principal
Colleges munched our First XV in their mandibles
Dean got his milf mum to buy us alcohol
Eddie Haggis got a changing room hiding that bent his spectacles
Falani was the only Tongan respectable and not g’d up in the whole school
Giant Islanders got us scared enough to scratch swastikas onto toilet stall walls
Handball on black ice, July, soggy socks steam, noses dribble
I’d skip maths and do some acting in the sick bay, unmissed, invisible, while
Johnny Rabies got smashed by halfcaste Mac during basketball
Karl from Cashmere, went the story, at a party, kicked a bottle up a goth’s arsehole
Lighter burns and hatin gays kept you normal
Mitch broke a huge ginge’s nose against the home ec room wall
Nigger Whomper was written on the softball bat that cracked Taniela’s skull
Other schools lent us their infamous kids to sample
Parties at Pavarotti’s pad, rootin on a rug to Limp Bizkit, pukin on the lawn, passin round the spottle
Quals were just more paper when we ran outta Rizzlas to roll
Russell broke the two years’ difference dating rule, busted dozens of trusting cherries, irreparable
Suicidal girls got self-esteem if they gave their hymens to Nathaniel, our rep on student council
Trin got done for home invasion on the last day of school
Under the fort, kneeling in the bark, we swapped sticky dick-tips for nipples
We were free
to eXpel ourselves, see, the BOT had no muscle
Years 9 to 12, lonely blazers on overturned soccer goals, five years of acting invincible, waiting for the bell
Zazzif school was secondary, everybody couldn’t wait to get king-hit or miss a period so he/she had a story to tell.