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I'm with you, fellow old pooter. i like your idea that Suzi is Kent. I wish I'd thought of that. I have less and less enthusiasm for the police though I was careful, I like to think, not to suggest that the incident describes all of them. The difficulty is that one does not know who are the well-behaved and who are the dangerous ones; and I am aware that anyone can be dangerous; it's all contingent. I perceive their veniality. I have experienced it. Simultaneously I am all for them keeping rioters back from me! My enemy's enemy etc Cameron's nonsense just makes it worse. This may not be 1981 but one thing there is in common is that the Tories are in charge. On Wed, August 10, 2011 12:52, Patrick McManus wrote: > Thanks L sadly I seem to be surrounded by enthusiasts for the boys in > blue here -it would be good to get them to tackle the multinationals > bankers the real vandals (says I) P old wrinkly > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 10 August 2011 12:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: SNAP: Rioter prostrate > > > Strong boys of blue > take it in turns to hit one girl with their truncheons. > > Fifteen armed lads! > But no one dies; > so that's all right; hitting the slag > > for defiance and violence against brave thugs in whom one trusts. > > Not all at once: > one at a time; and then they're posed in photographs: > > some boys in red, the colour splashed, into glory. > > Each fears his life > is in danger. So it's all right. > > > > > ----- > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- > Lawrence Upton > Dept of Music > Goldsmiths, University of London > > ----- UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- Lawrence Upton Dept of Music Goldsmiths, University of London