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The River Fleet
I think I only walked down Fleet Street once,
my grubwork year in London. Not much wowed,
not like I’d heard - most rags no more ensconced
but fled to Docklands - the street name but a label
for billionaire media magnates trumpeting loud
reactionary taunts and celebrity libel.
I had an inkling then: there was a proud
historic river, sadly much polluted,
...Sunday 28th May 2023 8:50 am
The Papers
Witnessing their eyes glimmer,
as their lacerated heart was bleeding,
trying. I couldn’t pressure ignorance to clot-
blood pulsing while they leered,
relishing it-
the plasma seeping those callous headlines,
exhibiting grief in a page spread
with the hatred that slowly kills.
Monday 2nd March 2020 1:09 pm
An Unexpected Ghost In The Yorkshire Post
An Unexpected Ghost In The Yorkshire Post
She stares out at me from the page of white -
all pixels, paper, print and phantom eyes,
a child of contrasts under exposed skies
dancing somewhere between the dark and light.
I recognise the features well, despite
the brutal glare of histories disguise.
This archive feature caught me by surprise
for we are separated by times flight.
You are a g...
Saturday 1st November 2014 8:03 pm
news pa p e r s
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news pa p e r s
lots of fluff-for-circumstance
wanting of substance
verbose kitty litter...
reflection of our day
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