Poetry Magazines - The best collection of poetry magazines online - Simon Armitage

this is a whisper
from the kissoff power elite

slippin her tongue in
knockin him off his feet

mind the gap

a hurricane ov policies
ruttin the nightflowerin city

stand clear please

@ their feet      a deregulated train
howlin thru ghost stations

we’d like to apologise

this is the 9 o’clock rumors
spinnin what mightov heen

between the iron queen
& her new man in #10

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lily

white
spray
across
glass

the
model
agency

but aa’m inside station
                       yeah
the head ov steam
                       yeah
conspiracies of coffee machines
                       yeah
whisperin
bout me
   bout us
bout him
bout love
                       yeah
write me down
write me down
elizabeth 2 3
                       mornin yeah
queens acceptin business
                       yeeaahh
cards store cards rent
cards visa delta
dinin international
america repressed
masters switch/ed
even handful ov ma head
clipboards & chipboard
chips & billboards
cash we gotta have cash

thanks so much
thank yu so much
so very much
thank yu
thanks?
thanks anyway
yr welcome
sorry?

er
um
er
yuknow
well
er
um
er
yu know

well well? piss off

11:07 11:07 toilets on 8 11:08 11:08          platform 8 11:23 11:31 11:43

the only thing missin is how we have been made to run on time
to run to time

say sorry
            sheetmetal maggie
            powercontrol maggie
            insert yr coins now maggie
the firework yobs clamp down pinochet flammables

duty is duty
schnapps is schnapps

                        this plague is sponsored by

am aa goin crazy        am aa

we light up
  2 lads readin fucksonnets blown outov pages
wave ‘im aboard
givin red light to
trans    pennine
express

             the
4 ½ inch heeldrag
the childkiller fuelband
the lifestyle the rent
for real cliff richard
way out side gents
offov platform 8
the chippendales demolition
experts takin apart
platform stewboys in

mudflop for 60 quid kids goin cheap

beautiful man oh it is yeah d’ya like it its nice its best

over 000’s ov cliffs for rent
updown our sexyscampi
fully air conditioned
denimrub sheetmetal club

readers get naked
for the 1 legged cliff
business suit cliff
helicopter pilot cliff
peelin paint off ladies
waitin no room
please shoot   straight
please   shoot
please

be their free god
bar none
just    2 minutes

please

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ravish the railworkers chacha the miners the firefighters rock the dockers tango the fishermen the seamen the cockworkers nurse the healthworkers the stealthworkers  back to pain gag the queeros sweep the homeless off the streets export all difference viva la honest lie this plague is sponsored by fistin slitwired mental debutantes franchise the workin the unter classes lasso the lasses chain ma nipples up we got cash cow culture wanked over loony we got surveillance under threat we got business as usual

with eyes like loaded exocets her fierce heterogaze scuddin the colonisation that slaphappy beautybitch baroness bastard thatcher ramraidin the workers rights born again pay dash for colostomy cash another unskilled unnamed another poor illiterate bastard eased off the jobless greaselubed back to work down the docks so get it   get it out yr liturgical meat godhead aye ethical cleansin is back again whitenoise whitenoise whitenoise this plague is sponsored by     albion market nail bombs whitemale bombs wirecoiled round herhis flowerdeath

aye
                 we got business as usual