There’s a paediatrician in the corner

Staring over at me

There are Islams in the bushes

Planting bombs with the hedges

There are asbos in my loft

Raving on the rafters

There are single mums in the kitchen

Moving up the council house waiting list

There are immigrants in my front room

Taking all my jobs

There’s no climate change on my roof

We threw the...

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You cling to me

In my hair and clothes

Through my teeth

Burning the back of my throat

Filling me

With your sweet sick scent

You make my fingers itch,

It wasn’t the same when you went.

I know how very bad you are

I want you

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She waits in the dark

Her legs pulled

into her chest

Her hand

over her eyes

The clock beats

Above her head

And she waits

                                                                She waits in the light

         Hands pressed together

                                                  Watching the clock

On the wall

      The hour hand

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