I was chatting with my greatest friend

Jane m anglais

We were discussing politics

She told me that I should vote

For the Labour Party

As a  great number of my beliefs were similar

I agreed but noted that my views differed

On two fundamental issues which I will not reveal

For fear of offence

I asked her why she loved me so much

Was it my rough working class manner

(Which was false as I attended a private school)

She said that she was the daughter of a ragman

And was proud of her family and her roots

To her I was an edgy intellectual and a considerable poet

A Working Class Intellectual

We both laughed over our coffee

Knowing that it was my intolerance of minorities

That both ruined me and made me very strong

Jane and I are totally different as she is kind and I am cutting

But is said that opposites attract

We always agree to differ

And never argue

That is why we are such great friends