new poem

ENGLAND SWINGS LK REMAND CENTRE SUICIDE

My pre-human ancestors were dispiriting and ill.
They had a whole world to choose and they chose this island
Atlantic rock they came dispiriting and ill.

My Solicitors are called Dispiriting & Ill
they do a lot of work for the clubs in town
like Anthropophobia it changed its name
and now they call it DiSPiRiTiNG+iLL.
I went out there one night
they played really bad tunes,
it was DJ Dispiriting and Ill
he drank bottled lager at his laptop.

This kid arrested for drugs offences
hanged himself waiting for trial
he just felt dispiriting and ill
and his funeral dispiriting and ill.
We used to be in school together
he made my life dispiriting and ill.

Thames Valley trains request stop only
this is the train for Dispiriting, and Ill.
Your morning work and discontent
you read Metro in the crowds
on the wet floor bus dispiriting and ill.
You're dead in the evening and only fit
to go to the gym or watch bad TV.
There's a TV gameshow Dispiriting and Ill
you could win a million but nobody has.