Back streets
wander through
these back streets
really lose my way
think about my father
in the office in the factory
this city
its industry is grim
it would be a sin for me to stay here
must get out
the way my father stayed
was not to be an artist
and get out
where am I
little houses
all the same
who lives in them
the working class
Protestant
or Catholic
what area am I in
better get out
up to the Lisburn Road
where it’s safer
I can get a bus