I GREW UP IN THE UK VOL 2

i grew up in the uk
water out a standpipe
& the ladybird storm

& the national anthem broadcast
every evening at closedown

i grew up in the uk
windsor weddings on tv

their cartel crockery
ubiquitous & mandatory


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i grew up in the uk
rolf harris all over tv

drawing cartoon kangeroos
making all the kids happy

remember he sang two little boys
on stage at glastonbury ?


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& we had cod wars back then
& an oil crisis
that made for thin elvis vinyl

now cod wars are only pending
theres another oil crisis
& elvis vinyl is now fat as the king

THIS TEXT HERE

as obvious
& pedestrian
& unremarkable
as the events were & seem 

that they contrived

to
place
THIS text HERE

is still too much to hold
&
blows my tiny eight bit mind

out of its oil crisis

half day closing

silver jubilee

space age origins

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