This is delicious. My guess is Ann Drysdale. I love the louts/out/shouting in the first two lines; also "clutch their champers," "shoving sideshow," "plays a pipe," and this line:
Surrounded by the seething, soused, and boring,
These lines are perfectly "boyish" and seem to capture Peter Pan's voice:
he faces the green hills and wonders why
growing up seems good to anyone.
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