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on the wall
Confident as an evangelista at the chapel doorbold as brass a governmentn posterproclaiming ‘Levelling up is here’as if Christ had risen in FY1where marked-down stickered stocknot quite stale bread and bruised fruitsells quicker than hot cakeswhere houses are boarded up with metal sheetsrows of homes compulsory purchasedabandoned police station and courtsCCTV on every cornercollecting evidence →
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on Ukraine
A patch of yellow and bluesewn on army fatiguescaught my eye as I sattalking about sons and daughtersin a busy cafésons and daughtersnow fathers and mothers workingin medicine, educationa craftsman and retail assistantgetting to the end of a busy weekthe man in the army fatiguesstrode past the windowsmart, clean of facedressed as a soldier of →
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on Ukraine
We are too busyDrones directed from laptopsAlt+Ctrl+Delete ~ n.b. Two years into this war, which was years in the making, is a boon for the drone manufacturers in Iran, the UK and everywhere, eventually it will be about manpower that cannot be re-booted. “For now we are too busy to suffer from traumatic feelings. We →
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on Ukraine
come on, man, own upIt’s not really about Ukraine is it?you’ve got issuesMother Russia not loving you enough?is she too demanding?What does she ask of you?respect and peace?instead you choke off her voiceyou throw body bags at herfilled with the remains of her boysseize the land of othersthreaten her neighboursdirty the washing they’ve put out →
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on the bus
words that make your heart sinkBus Replacement Servicewords that make you think twiceabout taking a train somewhere niceseating could be bettersuspension might be worsethey tried but they only managedto lower expectations of what it meansto provide a mass transit systemso we’re just grateful to get homebefore a day’s fresh lightbreaks through the gloom ~ CLP →
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on the white ship
catching the eyebreaking the lineshe comes hitherbusy on board with breakfastpreparations for disembarkationof a temporary natureashore we’re busy toopolishing windowstidying up displaysbaking tasty pastrieschecking the tillscounting out the floatwhen the cruise ship arrivesthe town’s cashflow thrives ~ CLP 01/03/2024 →
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on rumours
the palms in the squarelean in whispering the latest from their leavesdroppingdiagnosis, bereavementbirth, marriage, abandonmentliaison, contractplans conceivedpromises compromisedthe fountain babbles onwithout an audience ~ CLP 29/02/2024 →
Journey of Words 