LAURIE

    at
bland o' clock
    on
    a
sick-note morning
    i
    peer
    thru
the blinds past the red berry bush
    and
    see
    LAURIE
    from work
walking up my street

he used to drive lorries
    on the medical note run
then he was an theatre orderly
    but was too fat for the legwork
then he worked in pharmacy
    sat blase behind a desk
and
he
went
out
with
a
colleague of mine

    who 
    then had electro-shock therapy 
    and
    moved
    far away

    and all the women
    thought
    he
    was
    a creep

i close the blinds

    get
    away
    from 
    here 
    LAURIE !

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