Matt Abbott
I Once Fell in Love With a Communist Vegetarian (aka Lenin & McCartney ☭)
Providence Street
Wakefield
WF1 3BG
6:43am
Like the blundering runt of a cumbersome litter
He's kicked out to the kerb
With nothing but an ill fitting Pringle knit
To distinguish him from a tramp
He's squints in bewilderment
And somehow manages to summon up
A stockpile of expletives
Passing paper boys prompt and provoke him
Prod away at his consciousness
Prick him into activity
And torment his brain
Which is savagely skewered by daylight
Cheap cocaine leaves a ghostlike complexion
On his clammy contorted face
For a second, he notices me watching him
Inches forward with an arm outstretched
And shouts for out "Fez!"
Who follows behind
On the hunt for UK Rooster
(Which closed at 1am)
Paracetamol runs a mile from the task in hand
As a taxi scans
And pulls up with reluctance
The driver kindly coaxes the gent
Followed by his friend called Fez
And they blindly bundle into the back of his Toyota
Before failing to remember their address
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