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Billy Childish - soho 1972
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soho 1972
Billy Childish
i walked with
a child’s face
with blind yellow hair
teeth fucked
and chest buckled
with fear
and a businessman
with briefcase and glasses
crosses the road in front of me
turns his mangled face and says
—this is a sexy place
isnt it?
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