Council House and Violent

Went to University last week and met my super-talented friends, one of whom is a young, married (!) American poet.

‘Tell me’ he said, in his southern Oklahoma accent, ‘ I want to know about those people who wear Burberry’.

‘Oh, you mean chavs?’

‘Yes, I wanna know about chavs’.

‘What about them?’

‘Well what are they?’

‘I think one might describe them as poor, often Caucasian people who want to be rich black American rappers. It’s about ambition I suppose.’

‘And how do they interact with the folks in high society?’ he persisted.

‘Well, we avoid each other, innit?’