TOONTOWN
I go to the king on a pale horse
To Toontown
Where undesirables chew fat in morse
After I was betrayed for what I hoped for
When the tabasco hit my eyes
And I found no 12 month community orders
Section 8’s or KPI’s
I can smack the contemptuous looks off your faces
And hit 80 under the pigses nose
No background check surveillance
And 50k in counterfeit for my woes
Bearing items never in my possession at quantities explicitly reserved for personal use
Duty solicitors are as good as they sound
With no sore skulls after a night on the juice
And solutions that don’t make the problem worse
No neeks winking in bushes like Victor Charlies tripping me with mind wankery
And your face is not a mystery
It was where my friends were
Who could not hope for revenge despite their exchange value being proportionate
Now they’re renting tenements 6ft deep at prices beyond extortionate
Ahh… maybe my granite urn will have matching floral patterns to them
Flipping the two coins over my eyes
I want to be with my friends
They never lied
Ameer Azad is our current Poet-in-Residence. Every now and then we find a voice that sings (or screams) to us. Those voices that show us something new - whether beautiful or repulsive - voices from out there that somehow resonate deeply. Voices we just 'get'. When that happens we graciously ask that they join us for a time. To live and scream along with us.
You can learn more about Ameer, his work and voice in his fantastic interview here.
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