BORO BITES BACK
I like this. Reminds me of my poem THE WRONG JARROW
http://www.northeastmovies.co.uk/films/202/establishing-shots
THE WRONG JARROW
(Thanks to Andy Willoughby)
In the wrong Jarrow
there’s no cobbled streets
no men hunched round corners
eyeing up the ground
there’s no gas lamps and hobnailed boots
singing down Ellison Street
there’s no one gathering around the Town Hall with banners
and the Bishop Of Durham
isn’t saying it’s wrong.
It’s the wrong Jarrow
the hunger should be more real
like in some African state
trousers should be shiny, threadbare
there should be more hate
policemen should use truncheons more
let’s see more blood
broken bones.
This is the wrong Jarrow
poverty needs to be more visible
this is the wrong Jarrow
there’s unemployment and depravation
and no steel works and shipyard and the club’s are dead
and there’s problem estates and no go areas
and drugs on tap.
But it’s the wrong Jarrow
It’s not what I want
not what I want at all.
I’ll come back when it’s burning.
Tom Kelly
The collection THE WRONG JARROW
http://www.smokestack-books.co.uk/books/kelly.html
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