A NAIL-BOMB IN
OLD COMPTON STREET/
OR HOW THEY CARRIED
THE BAD NEWS
FROM
ALEPPO TO MY FRONT ROOM
a wall of dead TV’s
await ignition,
stillborn with genocides,
behind retail store glass
then, to theft light-
fingered? lift smooth
from tempting lure of
crisp-new tabloid stash
hunched by cool dawn
just-delivered
newsagent grille?
but no, I walk on,
those laser-guided lies
will target me
later today
anyway
From my book
‘The Poet’s Deliberation On The State Of The Nation’
(Penniless Press)…
http://www.pennilesspress.co.uk/books/poetdeliberation.htm
Also published in:
‘THE BLACK ROSE no.15’ (Feb 2003 – UK)
‘GARBAJ no.14’ (Aug 2003 – UK)
‘TALVIPAIVANSEISAUS no.7/LADDIE’ (Finland – March 2004)
and featured on website: ‘DEAD SNAKES’
(1 May 2015 – USA) http://deadsnakes.blogspot.co.uk
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