December 2009
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Back of the pub tonight
A bit of GBH went down
back of the pub tonight
along the park path and bench
kicks to the head, body, a knife slid in
We came out for a fag and goodbye
full of song, voice and life
to the sirens
lights of the ambo
Above the noise of the intersection
a few yells
Our friends arrive breathless
They’ve stood duty over the way
relying on numbers, witnesses to stop
anything more
...
Stop walking into me!
Backstory: mid size mid height cane weilder without the ability to duck and weave (hence cane) so…
Stop.Walking.Into.Me
I don’t care if you have an umbrella, a case or if you are a lost tourist! You walked into my very clear walking space, jostling me around, and…you don’t even think you should say sorry or acknowledge you nearly took out my eye!
You can in all...
“Then there is that frightful place the Elephant and Castle, where a man may go...”
– From a 1948 speach in British Parliment about Road Signage..The Hansard Record
I must say while improved, finding a street name from a car is impossible..