hullo its jie p. (eftir ra pope) wi’ thi shy pee

i remember being given characters for each letter in primary school. annie apple. bouncing ben. hairy hat man. quite wild. and i was taught that j rymes with i. it was many many years before i learned that the entire world says it like jay. so it was a unique aspect of growing up in glasgow that there were lots of boys my age kicking about called ‘jp’ after pope john paul the second.

and shy pee is a humbling condition which i want to draw awareness to.