Friday, 6 April 2012

Neighbourhood, day 6.


Neighbourhood.
I live at the bottom of a hill
Appropriately, all potential gone,
Amid the dregs, the excuses for lives
That chatter on and on and on
As if there was something we aspired to
That wasn’t another days drink and blue smoke,
As if talking made some sort of hope
Sparkle and dance, frighten away the truth
Of our captivity, our dishonesty.

So, giving and receiving of stolen kisses
Is forbidden here, they can’t be counted
And might prove addictive, distracting us
From the right brand of tracksuits, trainers, phones.

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