Sean Tait
Poem to Sean Burn
me n burnsy
wa from aad reivaa famlees
yuh knaa
wuh smell uh bornt heathaa
n diesil n ciment dust man
thu rustid red wings uh thu angil
thraa shaduhs
ower thu green slowips
uh wah hyemlunds.
divn’t worry yasel burnsy
win aah see yon mcenemie
aah’m ganna knock ees teeth
see far doon ees throat
he’ll hat tuh stick uh toothbrush
up ees arse tuh cleen thum.
git me aad pals thu Gremlins
tuh stamp on ees heid
til it splits liyke uh waatahmelon.
thu dorty broon sworl uh thu Tyne
flap uh pidgins roond thu monyuhmint
Aa’m uh pit yakka man
born in Aashintun
liyke thu aad minaaha
aa caal uh nashnul poetree striyke.
iverywon lay doon ya pens
n neywon will git hort.
This is fucken waar
Aa just wanna gan hyem.
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