Thursday, 26 March 2020

ARMOUR MOON, DEMOB REDUX




i always wore armour
under a boozers moon

as heavy
as its
forged past felt

& i called out
for
more fuel more fuel more fuel

~

hell
saw
me
then
vain-glorious in the piss-alley
&
came for my ego in legion

now i am
naked lighter demobbed half-undone

just one more struggle-pup
counting scars & stars

another scratch & sniff sinner
pretending hes won
under a losers moon

satan-lite & cherub thin
unfallen like rehab
sitting on the cement steps

of
our
seaside mongrel nation






Southend-on-Sea has long been a running joke – until now ...

from spectator.co.uk




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