A Deal With The Devil Poem by Mark Heathcote

Back in the 70s, we'd often hear the phrase.
'Lock up your daughters.'
when some middle-aged medallion man walked by
some dodgy Jimmy Savile type with wayward hands,
with unsavoury behaviours ready to relapse.
Girls that were thought wild—future runaways
then followed the popular band the Bay City Rollers.
It was a time of profound cultural change.
Groupies of the band wore bright yellow tartan,
we young ones would laugh loudly at our sisters.
It was a coming of age for these young pubescent girls.
Following their idols, but little did we then know?
Members of this band were groomed and abused.
By their manager and woke up screaming.
And crying in the night, Tam Paton is like Savile.
had a sense of entitlement, a predatory nature
making victims of boys in care homes vying for fame,
'Later questioning making a deal with the Devil.'
Who but themselves were to blame?