The City Where I Live by Ian Lewis Copestick

The city where I live

is in the worst, most

deprived 20 % of the

country,

I've just read

that it's now known

as the ' monkey dust '

capital of the U.K.

If you haven't heard

of monkey dust.

Don't worry, I don't

know what it is either.

The city where I live

used to be one of the

most prosperous in

the whole country.

We were known as

the potteries for a

reason.

Doulton, Wedgwood.

We were the world

leaders.

Well, the world

leaders in making

fancy pottery.

One of my first jobs

was in  ' pot bank '

As we called them.

In a factory churning

out plates, teapots,

teacups, saucers,

etc.

Now, they've all

closed down.

They outsourced the

work to Malaysia.

I've got nothing

against anyone

from Malaysia,

or anywhere.

It's just a shame,

that's all. 

Ian Lewis Copestick is a 49 year old writer (I prefer that term to poet ) from Stoke on Trent, England. I spend most of my life sitting,  thinking then sometimes writing. I have been published in Anti Heroin Chic, the Dope Fiend Daily, Outlaw Poetry, Synchronized Chaos, the Rye Whiskey Review, Medusa's Kitchen and Horror Sleaze Trash.