Slouch
Giblet Master


There's a face at the floorboards, asphyxiated and decorated by Wilkinson's Swords
The chimney breast is fully occupied, old pot puree lines rooms, odorless, brittle and dried
Laid to rest in the garden and a notice reads Beware No Dogs Allowed In
No-soirée it's just a strong coffee, number than numb to suburban drudgery

Drudge! Drudgery!
Drudge! Drudgery!
Drudge

The bathroom it wreaks of bleach again honey and the dustman said that the drains smelt funny
It's beady eyes in the local butchers shop, he jokes you should be sponsored by big black bin liners
The U-bend it seems to be blocked yet again those bloody giblets never seem to wash down the drain
No-soirée it's just a strong coffee, number than numb to suburban drudgery

Drudge! Drudgery!
Drudge! Drudgery!

Another morning spent marking up newspapers, number forty one didn't get hers
That's a hanging offense in a town like ours where the curtains they twitch for hour and hours
and hours and hours and hours and hour and hours and hours and hours and hours


MtM 1994
 
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