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Dark Tower

by Ian Whiteley

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Dark Tower

 

Like something from a gothic horror

This is not the way it’s meant to be

Pain and hurt crumbling from unsafe structures

And falling on the governments neglect

Because they’re poor

Because they’re vulnerable

Because they’re ‘not like us’

 

Souls lost to the flames

That crawled over short cuts

Or worse – over incompetence

Licked around the money ma...

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Thursday 22nd June 2017 4:27 pm

Grenfell Tower   neglect   tragedy   failings   RIP

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