First drugĀ
De first experience I had wit drugs wuz wit Georgie, Fat Liam, n Dan. We wer standin in de porch uv wunna de blocks. Der wuz nutting te do n we had enough football for de day. A bunch uv young boys wit hats, gloves, n hoods on, we wer a pack uv wild dogs, snarlin n waitin for sumting te happen, waitin for sumting te do. Waitin for sum spark te strike us. Georgie suggested we get drunk n asked if anyone had money?
Nope wuz de answer.
Well, not enough te get de amount uv alcohol it wud take te get us all drunk. So he asks if anyone has ever done any solvents before?
Solvents wots dat? asks Liam White.
Tipex n gas, ya sniff it n ya get out yer head on it, its deadly said Georgie.
I heard about kids dyin from dat stuff. I said.
Georgie says one in a million, done dem loads uv times n I didden die yet.
A part uv Georgie longed for death. So wit a mix uv nerves n adrenalin runnin tru us, de rest uv us agree te Georgies plan. We only need te get two pound up between us te get a bottle uv tipex n Liam has de sandwich bags in iz Mas Flat says Georgie. Yep says Liam. We scrape up de two quid n dey elect me as de person te buy it as I look de oldest n Im tall n can put on de act uv nice young man who needs tipex for school. I went up te de park shop n bought de tipex wit no bother from de shopkeeper, Back te school next week. De four uv us go te Liams, iz Mas in work, no Da livin der aniz younger brother Shane is out playin in de block wit de other scrufs. In de sittin room, Liam gets out de bags n gives dem te Georgie, n he shows us wot te do, a mad teacher uv desperate tings for mad n desperate times wuz Georgie. He puts sum tipex in de corner n puts de bag te iz mouth n starts te inhale de fumes in long slow breaths, talkin te us in between breaths, Come on, do it, come on will yiz, its fuckin class. Red faces, high brains, weird auditory hallucinations uv football commentary n cheers from de backers, deep voices, mad laughter, purple light in de eyes. Georgie holds de bag der for de longest n goes inte a little trance, pushin at death, trapezin de worlds, a cracked Brujo uv de blocks. He goofs off for a bit. Wer all feelin good about de experience, whoopin n hollerin, makin jokes n takin de piss, mostly at de expense uv Liam, I look at Liams head n it looks like a giant cherry wit fluff on it n I say dis out loud te de rest uv de lads, dis puts de gang uv us inte a ten minute laughin fit, dat leaves us sore n happy n glazed over.
We open de balcony door n go out n look at de backers, de kids playin, n de dark clouds above de blocks, n we spit over de balcony inte de grass below, n witout sayin anyting for a minute or two we all feel n know dat sumting we cant fully understand has happened between us, n for de next few months we looked for anyting in a tube or canister dat had on it, do not inhale n bought it n done wot we wer told not te by most, but wer told by de spirit uv danger n fallen youth in Georgie te do n do n do as wuz our want n need.