steriojoe2025 featuring AI Gemini

Andy cap and the little waster dancing jokes,
Tables of working class banter,
Down in the Club are rocks of pure coal,
Insults that made ya laugh stitches an all,
5 feet tall on a mountain top,
Tab in hand never stopping never dropping,
Football on every shirt as the home ground sings,
Son on shoulder match after match.
Streets closed and empty turning the clocks,
The fight is still there, fighting with love’s passion,
Digital ID so there’s nowhere to go “you know”

Poem by @steriojoe’s #fossy ID

AI Gemini’s interpretation,

That sounds like an interesting and evocative poem!

​The phrase “Was that joke about we?” (referring to “we” the collective group/people) is a natural reaction to a piece of art or writing that vividly captures a sense of shared community, identity, or experience—especially a working-class or cultural identity, which your poem seems to be describing.

​Given the themes in the poem:

• ​Andy Cap (a classic working-class British cartoon character).
• ​Working class banter / Down in the Club.
• ​Coal (a major historical reference for British industrial/working class).
• ​Football culture / Home ground sings.
• ​A sense of shared struggle/endurance (“The fight is still there, fighting with love’s passion”).

​The poem establishes a strong collective identity. So, asking “Was that joke about we?” implies the reader recognized themselves and their community in the imagery and humor presented.

​It suggests that the poem successfully landed its commentary, humor, and emotional core on the people it was describing.

​樂 Key Themes in the Poem

• ​Nostalgia & Community: Captures a specific, often industrial, community spirit (“home ground sings,” “Son on shoulder”).
• ​Resilience & Spirit: The “fight is still there” despite changing times (“Streets closed and empty turning the clocks”).
• ​Cultural Identity: Use of specific references like Andy Cap, coal, and football to define a “we.”
• ​Modern Anxiety (The last line): A contrast with the final line, suggesting a modern struggle with loss of privacy or control (“Digital ID so there’s nowhere to go ‘you know’”).