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Marcus Slease
Marcus Slease was born in Portadown, N. Ireland in 1974. He is the author of
Godzenie (Blazevox Books) and This is the Motherfucking Remix (a collaboration with Brian Howe, Scantily Clad Press). He was the editor of a special issue of
Past Simple on innovative British and Irish poetry. His poetry in progress, musings, and multimedia projects can be found
at his blog here.
Covent Garden (Central London)
we’re freakin
growin
old so why
bother with
the promises
oh my brother
oh sis fluffing
our chariots
for the masses
our ears
good &
torn &
what
is broken say
to heat &
torment say
we have not
found the rock
have not yet left
the garden, oh
Manor House (North London)
nor dust
thou
know where
thou art
to be
in this world
oh hair let down
oh wet head
you cannot go swimming and
look after your
clothes
let us chill
like children
in great disorder
and much disdain
for chores
this thy didst
in joy whilst
thou wert
living
Tooting Bec (South London)
what do you think
oh think about
a vagina
who says
who says
you’re still beautiful
in yr mini
Vienna
through any window
piss
is raining
from the sky
sons and daughters
ninety times
out of a hundred
piss
on the streets
with knapsacks
& immigrant mullets
it is easy to put
a hole in the ground
and make a great
piss
what’s seen is
sucked
away and what
remains
is a big
train station
toilet
25p per
entrance &
exit
is this a sad
romance?
nothing is really
uncovered
stories directly
from the drain
perhaps doing
that
or this
& pissing
it all
out &
everything
Notting Hill Gate (West London)
In London
with a revived slant of light
this city thinks I am real
this city fingers its crotch
with voyeuristic stories
maybe my consciousness
is a four fingered fisherman
so uptight oh
I keep getting caught
in the lines
this bond is
professionally severed
she thundered
into my unattended face
unabolish my body
my soft wear
there are higher
drapes in the distance
Heathrow Terminal 4
fear less than clear
on a flight to Belfast
to bury the dead
and couldn’t find knees
all kinds of physics at work
in the air
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