Thanks all.
And David, I am a born and bred northerner and would never normally rhyme "class" with "arse" but I positioned the Narrator as well-posh (he refers to his "mummy", practically a royal). And as an afterthought having a large US audience "New Verse News" readers would probably say "ass" rather "arse" but I couldn't quite bring myself to write it that way.
I do like Snakeskin. It contains enough things to stretch me as well as plenty of poems that tickle me in the right place.
And Sarah-Jane.Thanks for the sentiment. I am painfully aware that those of us retired with pensions are very protected from most of the misery.
Thanks again
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