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The inhuman caterpillar

Poem by Harry Gallagher

Harry Gallagher by Harry Gallagher
27-04-2021 08:37 - Updated on 19-04-2022 22:55
in Poetry, UK News
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Illustration by Suzy Varty

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 The street of shame is alive,
 thriving with the buzzing of texts
 as slippery lizards bend eachother
 over cokedust covered desks.
  
 There's Michael and his wife,
 Bozza, Dom and Matt,
 with Priti on the door
 keeping peepers on the score.
  
 The Inhuman caterpillar
 keeps on ripping and chewing
 with the country asleep
 drifting slowly to ruin. 
Harry Gallagher
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Poet, singer, songwriter, actor - there's no beginning to my talents. Working constantly and live blissfully on the North East coast I’m a poet based in the North East of England and my poems have been published all over the place.

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