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21.xii.24
a rumour spreads
ekphrastic
for Herbert Badham’s 1942 ‘Oxford St Interior’
too much lipstick
too much smoke
bend with the tap to serve
a pony, a midi
a floor to sweep
rouge pour to the unwhiskered
‘fancy’
the tiptoe heels
the sullen and the gaunt
the harmed
under hat, intent
a corner of the day
some wait
and even on a mission
later, secret
flabby, sagging, all resigned
it’s mainly to be out of the light
see how the war draws in
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