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COVENT GARDEN (CENTRAL LONDON) by Marcus Slease

January 1, 2010 Contributed By: Marcus Slease

we’re freakin
growin
old so why
bother with
the promises
oh my brother
oh sis fluffing
our chariots
for the masses
our ears
good &
torn &
what
is broken say
to heat &
torment say
we have not
found the rock
have not left
the garden, oh

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Filed Under: Poetry Posted On: January 1, 2010

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