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A New Boy

By ged_backland

Wed, 29 Sep 2004
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A New Boy

New boy

Latex nipple blistered lips

Squawks echo blind

Opium fingers claw at tiny pain

As death white child herself kneels

Dirty feet to the toilet door

Chasing dragons with council cheques

and rent arrears

A social worker waits eager

to leave

And sand his wooden floor.

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