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like a living thing strode after me
extract from the prelude
reach a chosen point
extract from the prelude
call it solitude or blank desertion
the prelude
spits like a tamed cat turned savage
storm on the island
it is a huge nothing that we fear
storm on the island
suddenly he awoke and was running - raw
bayonet charge
king, honour, human dignity , etcetera. dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm
bayonet charge
the gelled blackthorns of your hair
poppies
tucks, darts, pleats, hat-less, without a winter coat or reinforcements
poppies
leaned against it like a wishbone
poppies
they mutter death, and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight
emigree
it tastes of sunlight
emigres
banned by the state but i cant get it off my tongue
emigree
my city takes me dancing through the city of walls
emigree
all flesh is grass
war photographer
Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.
war photographer
running children in a nightmare heat
war photographer
a hundred agonies in black and white… tears prick between the bath and pre-lunch beers
war photographer
the mersiless iced east winds that knive us
exposure
what are we doing here
exposure
but nothing happens
exposure
the poignant misery of dawn begins to grow
exposure
she thanked men,-good!
my last duchess
as if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-year-old-name with anybody’s gift
my last duchess
i gave commands, then all the smiles stopped
my last duchess
his bloody life in my bloody hands
remains
hes there in my heart when i close my eyes
remains
probably armed, possibly not
remains
my name is ozymandias, king of kings
ozymandias
collosal wreck
ozymandias
nothing beside remains
ozymandias
sneer of cold command
ozymandias
runs of blood down palace walls
London
i wander through each chartered street
London
marks of weakness, makrs of woe
London
the mind forged manacles i hear
London
every black’ning church appals
london
valley of death
charge of the light brigade
and all the world wondered
charge of the light brigade
all in the valley of death/ rode the six hundred
charge of the light brigade
a shaven head full of powerful incantations
kamikaze
to be silent, to live as though he had never returned
kamikaze
he must have wondered which had been the better way to die
kamikaze
maps too. the sun shines through their borderlines
tissue
never meant to last
tissue
the back of the koran… names and histories
tissue
dem tell me, wha dem want to tell me
checking out me history
bandage up me eye with me own history
checking out me history
carving out me identity
checking out me history
dem vener tell me about mary seacole
checking out me history
