Wednesday 2 May 2018

Howlin'







Howlin' For My Baby 
(YouTube)



Moanin'


The City

A thousand hands
wiped
upon a single towel.

A thousand smiles
wiped
into a single scowl.

A thousand voices 
silenced
by one explosive vowel.

A thousand bodies
collide.
Unheard the beggar’s howl.


London, 1967.


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