“90 MINUTES” 3 December 1996

Treat the people like animals
they behave like animals
in a pack, in a crowd, in a crush
with nowhere to go
and a rush
from behind
a face blue against a terraced stile
and a whisper of “mum” from a grown man

The sky is black with death
on a Saturday Afternoon

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