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Spitting at Bus Stops

 

Graffiti under a bridge: a cock; kev luvs liz.

Bodies half developed, tufts of pubic hair,

and they need to check if their penis is still there.

 

A fast food job to top up their EMA.

Getting away with as little as they can,

taking the fight, on the streets, to the man.

 

A cap on a head, not worn backwards anymore,

an ASBO sewn violently on a sleeve

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Memory Sketch of Adolescence Part One

 

Expectations of a life to live

Blow jobs in back alleys

An elfin girl lost to a car wreck

A father to believe in

A cigarette stolen from an auntie’s purse

Ambitions to be realised

Bad advice from a  counsellor

A career in the army

The bad corner of a lane

A secret kiss under cotton covers

Ambitions yet to appear

Warm your hands in mine

The s...

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