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I wish I was a chav (Free verse) by Stephen Robins

I wish I was a chav, Then, instead of wearing tweed, I'd have a tracksuit bespoken, And smoke the finest weed. I would speak to McDonald's, About a burger with fois gras, I would eat it in the centre of town, Whilst shouting out "hurrah". I would drink my daily Pimms, Directly from the bottle, I'd put a spoiler on my car, And depress the throttle. I'd turn up at the tennis club, And shout and swear a lot, When asked to leave, I'd start a fight, And depart upon my yacht. I would wear training shoes, When not even playing sport! Three ladies I'd make pregnant, And would not my spawn abort. I would have to change my name, To something fun like Wayne, I'd tattoo my body with Burberry, And holiday in Spain.

ecargo 3-Aug-06/11:35 AM
Oooh--a new term! They didn't cover this in any of the Sophie Kinsella books I've read (I have appalling taste in 'literature,' and almost everything I know about British pop culture comes from terrible Brit-chick-lit novels). I've identified a few Chavs here at work, even (although the hip-hop wannabe element is lacking, so I guess they're not true Chavs).

Wikipedia has way too much documentation on the phenomenon (all of which you've nailed):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav





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