A dull and well-bored clerk
reading complaint emails;
chewing gum; and listening
on cheap distorting phones
to mass-produced pop dross,
typing empty verbiage
as meaningless replies,
each irresponsible,
never questioning its role;
and with a hangman’s calm
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UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
wfuk.org.uk/blog
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Lawrence Upton
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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