I REMEMBER LONDON IN THE RAIN

london in the rain
is wet meat kinesis
the boomer briefcase throwbacks
fold & hold aloft 

a free metro paper

the shortcut history mews neglected

~

hood & hats & caps & beats 

frame the benetton faces
phones held chest height
against the stacked-vegetable 

spider-crane skyline backdrop

goldsmiths left off the fashion cops beat

~

& the affected hemp totes 

  of gentri-ffiti'd hoxton
& that animal funk 

  of train station damp
& the evening standards 

  blunt telegraph boards

& the labyrinth sentinel 

  bare-drama boss-men

well i miss that boost of surrender
found deep inside 

the soft mobs biomass

CORPORATE POPS

PINSTRIPE DRAINPIPES

ceos are manson
in
golf
shoes
&
abercrombie

i see 
the family
funnel down
lombard st
in
the
5 pm

in the wine bars
of
fenchurch ave
lime st
&
at davys in unit 8

in their pinstripe drainpipes
they choose from over 40 wines
while i count my pennies
for
the
southbound
underground 



THE GOBLIN

did the goblin ever admit
his
manson lamps
were
rasputin eyes ?

there aint nobody i cant touch on the nose

he
still
says
2012
his flip flops on ebay

& if i can touch you i can kill you

which 
all 
sounds 
pretty corporate
to me




BONUS GRAVY

theres foxes fighting
in
the
chicken shack

fighting for superyachts
shale gas
and
the
shopping compulsions
of 
the 
biomass billions

& all the smashed eggshells

are
just
acceptable collateral
&
bonus gravy

are
just
our
lives & children 




ONE CHOICE TOWNS

& theres bomb factories
propping up the marginals

sold as solid employment
in one choice towns

( &
  i 
  wouldnt
  say 
  its 
  not . . . )

but
how
is 
that 
good enough ?

good enough 
for the hearts 
that dont weep
to see the seaside

rolling death tv
on the 
beach cafe
flatscreen

& brown froth coming in
on the plastic tide

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