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a psychic distillation
in the centre 
of this stinking nation
the poor’s unfocused struggle
for existence
this patient is bound up
in a charlie darwin struggle
in A&E: at 2am, 200 bpm
no sweat, he thinks,
the drugs’ll bring it down
eventually
& as the mist lifts
my heart skips a beat
 i see:
the frozen children 
the ‘failing’ families
the unwanted poor 
in the grip of
stinking bare-faced complacency
 

 

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John Marks

Tue 17th Jan 2023 21:26

Thank you Uilleam, Stephen G, Stephen A, Hugh, Frederick and Chris.


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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Tue 17th Jan 2023 20:47

stinking bare-faced complacency

Says it all.

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