This poem is taken from PN Review 253, Volume 46 Number 5, May - June 2020.
Cinquaines
of Deal
MAN OF KENT
Upstairs
a bus to Deal
I’ll beat the hell out of
you heard the Kentish lad. Scratched panes
fog up
PLANNING FOR A NO-DEAL
Angler
on a bulked pier.
He wears waterproof shorts.
Out with the bloody immigrants,
the lot
ELVIN THE BUILDER
From scratch
he’s built his boat
moored at the River Stour
there he sleeps alone when he’s drunk
too much
of London
THE CULT OF NATURE
He chats
...
MAN OF KENT
Upstairs
a bus to Deal
I’ll beat the hell out of
you heard the Kentish lad. Scratched panes
fog up
PLANNING FOR A NO-DEAL
Angler
on a bulked pier.
He wears waterproof shorts.
Out with the bloody immigrants,
the lot
ELVIN THE BUILDER
From scratch
he’s built his boat
moored at the River Stour
there he sleeps alone when he’s drunk
too much
of London
THE CULT OF NATURE
He chats
...
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