Dark Star by Oliver Langmead

Author:Oliver Langmead
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781907389313
Publisher: Unsung Stories
Published: 2015-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

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The papers have picked up a new scandal

For the cycle. All progress on the Heart

Is way back on page seven with the sports.

Funny how easy it is to forget.

I guess maybe the news is just too big

For people. It’s too much for them to take

That the whole city could go up in smoke

Any time. Smaller news is comforting.

The docks are on strike again like clockwork.

It’s a weekly event now. They complain

About a lack of light, a lack of sight,

Tell the rest of us they can’t work in dark.

Some politician’s been accused of fraud.

As far as I know, they’re all in on it,

So this guy must have been pretty stupid

To get caught out: flashing his cash too much.

Regular news for regular people

More concerned with the weather and themselves,

How bright Joe next door’s bulbs are beside mine,

Than the imminent looming doom in Vox.

But, hell, who am I to be complaining?

Gets me out of the papers, which is great.

Given the choice, I’d be anonymous;

Just another shadow walking the streets.

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