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he went to the shops
to feel safe he took his phone
for protection
the river bears all
empty cans
fag end tampon police cone
punctured tetra pak stilletoes
or any other witness
from th zone1
oan th’battery
moons,th’battery
moons,wi left
one anuthir –
jist ‘afore th’
snaw came doon
n’th’lights
went oot –
nae mair,
xmas giros n’
monday book piss-
ups,
screamin’matches eftir
15 doubles:slit
yir throat,take
yir een oot,saw-
yi-in-½,
burn th’hoose
doon,kill yir
da’plant a
bomb in th’
car,
run o’er
th’bairns n’
level th’beast
th’carnage
thit we call’d a
union –
O’ma
darlin’O’ma
darlin’nae mair
tulips n’whisky,
tulips n’whisky
fir th’boat
has sail’d awa’
he went to the shops to feel safe
he took his phone for protection
the river bears all
empty cans
fag end tampon police cone
punctured tetra pak stilletoes
or any other witness
from th zone 1The Wasteland, The Fire Sermon, TS Eliot
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