Crude City
Stone step pillow, gravel scratched back.
Swept with rubbish, tearing pictures of food.
Tunnel monster roars, leaves a thunderous echo.
Draught carries busker’s tunes, sixties sounds repeat.
Ticket collector sleeps, junkie creeps, barrier broken.
Beefburger breeze, a man French kisses a wine bottle.
Miserable rain, pathetic bodies huddle together.
Stiletto fishnet legs, march smart on territory.
Business brain, haggles away a youth.
Pub crawl laughter, slurred and sickened speech.
Corrugated house, barking beast, no entry alley.
Tailored tarts, sour milk cats, leather and rubber dreams.
Disaster dancing, neon rat race, urine and vomit dens.
Lamp post moons, tamed scattered allotments.
Camera flash lights go out, on matchbox estates.
Dustbin stinks, mop, bucket and broom long lost.
Backyard warfare, fridges, prams, bicycles rust.
Trains trundle, carrying goods, papers and lies.
Factories fill lorries, sadness fills factories.
Parks for ever sunny. Fresh, luscious colours pose.
Highrise tents. Pensioners sit in every window.
Patriotism equals easy money, kind generous smiles..
Hotel reception, squatters depression. Rich and poor.
Cocktail class, oxtail from a flask, who are you?
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