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Strange Puppets

19 Sep

Those men in the yard

Looking at me

Like strange puppets

In groups of one

In crowds of none

Staring with their eyes

Straining

Watching, never stopping

Stopping never watching

Shopping with their eyes

For me

For me

In pairs alone

Trios and fours

Who’s got a shank

Hid in jaws*

Stropping out

The slopping out

Then calm

Then on the rig (angry)

They watching

Ever watching

Like strange puppets

 

By ANON

 

* Jaws: anus