Standing in the Shoes of Giants

Two new Claire Rayners
Another Spezial collaboration
Like pie and mash, Bovril on terraces
The perfect combination

Stories told by dads to their lads
Trips and tales afar
Of the earliest of Oasis gigs
And cassette recordings played in the car

Just like your 70s athletes
Had their image on the shoe box
Collectors to sprinters as shop doors open
Who’s the fastest out of the blocks?

From the sleek silhouette of the Archille
To the bolder, stompier Marathon
Portraits like Stan crown each tongue
Liam or Noel for the next election?

by Working Class Poet