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Amputation & Education

by Ian Whiteley

Amputation & Education

Some wounds won’t scab over

As some wounds never heal

They are infected by colonial blades

That hot irons won’t seal

Puss filled abominations

tainted by avarice and greed

you cannot absolve the guilty knife

whilst open wounds still bleed

You say ‘history was not written in pencil,

You cannot rub it out’

It’s not what it was written ...

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Tuesday 14th July 2020 12:08 pm

anti-slavery BLM tear down the statues analogy response anti-colonialism challenge history

A Queer Response (audio)

by Richard Thomas

Recorded live on Soundart Radio.

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Tuesday 22nd February 2011 9:29 pm

Queer Response Poem Audio Live Radio Sound Art

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