27 JUNE DOWN THE LINES

IT’S MY LINE OF WORK

THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR SAYS

BUT I’M TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT DEATH   

LOW PAID DOCTORS IN LAGOS  WHOSE EFFORTS HAVE HELD BACK THE PANDEMIC  SPEND THEIR SPARE TIME SELLING LINES OF PERFUME

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S DENTURES LINED WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S TEETH

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF SLAVES

AND INTO HIS OWN

LONDON+LIVERPOOL POLICE CAN HARDLY KEEP UP WITH THE STREET PARTIES  

BREAKING OUT LIKE AN OUTBREAK  

OR DO WE ALL DESERVE TO BE OUT OF LINE? HAVING LASTED LOCKDOWN SO LONG  

SHOOTING IS RIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS   

WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT’S NOW DISGRACED 

LINED UP FOR DEFUNDING+DISBANDING  

IF YOU CALL THE COPS THEY MAY NOT COME  ASSUMING YOU WANTED THEM TO    

IN THESE STRANGE TIMES WHO’S HOLDING THE LINE   

AND WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?

WISHING THAT EVERYTHING WOULD LINE UP A LOT BETTER         

YOURS TRULY       

THE NEWS POET