The God of Sugar (Sugar Shed, Greenock) - by
Cavernous – and empty now – / no shouts of dockers, / no barefoot women shovelling / molasses – it…
Cavernous – and empty now – / no shouts of dockers, / no barefoot women shovelling / molasses – it…
‘Necessity is not the mother of invention; play is.’
/ Ian D. Suttie
/
/ It gets late early out here
/ in the lacklustre places,
/ wind in…
Public libraries / were cherished like Pallas Athene’s temples, / which, for us, in effect, they were.
You want to be a fat cat, want to do the deals?
/ Fix the odds, pull the birds, eat expensive meals
/ that…
dead still
/
/ no nervous skull-shakes
/ or scuttle-pecks
/
/ still
/
/ hiding in doorway shadows
/ as sun slides
/ like a drunkard
/ down dull bricks
/
/ head still
/
/ a single slice of bread
/ hollowed out…
Tuna you are the mirror of the blue
/ Tuna you are the pain in my veins
/ Tuna you are lord.
/
/ When I set…
flere og flere danskere kommer i arbejde
/ flere og flere danskere bliver millionærer
/ flere og flere danskere får børn med dannebrogsformede modermærker
/ flere…
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/ commands and imperatives from 24hrs of adverts
/
/ it’s easy to say yes
/ say no
/ to conformity
/ there’s no need
/ to feel blue
/
/ explore the world
/ with…
The Tenant’s gane, the Lodge is shut;
/ Nae mair, until the Twalth return,
/ We’ll see him threshin’ at the burn
/ Or sittin’ shiverin’…
Moonrise, an maudlin in the mirk,
/ we coorie in, hoose selt, hame hawked,
/ oor labour thirled tae yesterday,
/ the morra pawned fur brick-a-brack.
/
/ Thieves…
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