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For Tommy it’s all about the Music
Peter Raynard
“Maggie Thatcher You Can't Match Her”
is railing on the jukebox for the fifth time
that Sunday night, a time when the women
are at home readying the kids
for future failure or an early night at least
kicking off their blankets and wetting the bed.
The old Paddies, full of pints & roasts,
lost bets and building site widows, shout
about the auld whoor and how she is ruining
the country they came over to build
when they couldn’t afford to build their own.
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