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And?
Richard Purnell
Banksy came
wielding his stencils
and his righteousness
with his subtle
as a rhinoceros
irony, telling a tale
of pigeons
and tropical birds
expecting the sunrise
would bring adulation and
four hundred grand.
Well, the pigeons acted
with their usual efficiency:
a phone call, a complaint
a council functionary
hosing down, with casual
indifference, the Bristolian
message, and responding
with their own brand
of rudimentary politics:
"Do one. Yes, you son.
Get the fuck out of Essex."
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