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Born to different fathers they were never that close But their mother insisted they keep in touch They never had much in common apart from the love for their Mum One was drawn by the magnetism of corporate trappings The other mesmerised by wailing guitars and thrashing drums Hair looking like a ruby ball cactus, eyes wild and piercing Did he land face first in a tackle box? No one can be sure or is game to ask Whilst Prada adorns the chiselled body of the astute looking banker Clean cut freshly shaven with a healthy amount of Giorgio Armani evident Hours of pain are clear to see on the colourful skin of the punk rocker, all with a story I’m sure Many a brow is raised and resembles a plague of fox moth caterpillars at a rave party as he enters In the up market drinking hole he’s as inconspicuous as a free roaming Emu in a supermarket White collars fill the air with murmurings of big deals achieved and salary bumps It’s a Friday afternoon and an air of animation is evident in the words of many The banker orders another round; more beer and water promptly arrive Concern is forwarded to his brother fearful of him falling in with the wrong crowd Genuine unease for the circles of friends in which he chooses to associate with Party drugs, binge drinking, womanising and all night benders all entrenched in his everyday life Why can’t you just go home to your wife baring flowers like you used to he asks? A grunt is all he can muster as he swills on his beer, your losing touch with reality! And then like a boxer waiting for his opening he hits him with a sympathetic plea for more money A look as if his team had just lost the “Big One” with seconds remaining decorates his face I can’t keep doing this he replies; He then calls their Mum “it’s time for intervention!” The ink covered rocker is in tears as his brother embraces him; I love you he whispers together we will get through this He escorts him to his private limousine waiting out front One of the many perks of being an internationally acclaimed artist. My manager knows this great facility…..
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