Artistic Discoveries in European Schoolyards

Aged 11

MARCUS ROMER Artistic Director, Pilot Theatre, United Kingdom

Aged 11 / winning the cup / one of the team / but standing at the back / eye on the ball / Catholic boys / belted on the knuckles / with a hard ruler / for swearing / making silly voices in assembly / green shirts / like Eire / rival school / just down the road / Teachers smiling / but only for photos / a boy with one lung / friends reunited? / not all of us / not all of us /And I could have told you then who they would be now /
Aged 11 / moving up to big school / end of an era / top of the tree / 1972 T.Rex in the charts / Metal Guru / Some of them have suffered from depression / for years / Some of them never moved away / Blackburn / Rovers / Not all of them