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PROPAGANDA 47
Glass, ruptured possessions,
Bilge-water mugs, logjamed clock.
Gunked frost up stairs.
Tiling utterly demolished.
No embrace here.
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possessions
clock
frost
Tiling
here
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Queer Street possessions,
Weary moribund clock.
Deodorizing frost.
Tiling unmended.
A bevy retreats here.
About the Author: In 1998 Christopher Barnes won a Northern Arts writers award. In July 2000 he read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology 'Titles Are Bitches'. Christmas 2001 he debuted at Newcastle's famous Morden Tower doing a reading of poems. Each year he read for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival and partook in workshops. 2005 saw the publication of his collection LOVEBITES published by Chanticleer Press, 6/1 Jamaica Mews, Edinburgh.
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