Walk-write
meandering urban zones
death-butts clog drains,
nicotine cake, lip stick lychees.
'They hate us ennit?'
Smoking scrubbers stare
at scribbling quills.
Trainers dangling: crack house!
Wired, wrecked, whacked.
Class A economy pushed:
'Free entry, free drinks, it's free
at the Republic tonight.
Demo frenzy on Bath Lane.
Condom slung willy-nilly
rotting seed swaying
in Leicester's castle foilage.
Razor wire, imperial bricks
piles of disco, dancing army.
'Get down with the brethran,
banging tunes.'
Electrical harzard, max headroom.
'Crusaders slaughtering.'
Fraying St George flutters
fighting the invisible
the Great Game
ensnares once again.
Lauri Cusack.
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