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A politician spoke to me once
from a speaker on top of a Hillman Avenger
I must have been ten years old –
to me he sounded like he
could have been a contender
I could see him in the passenger seat
talking on the mic like a TV detective
His face was on every lamppost
promising change and a whole new perspective.
And he showed up two days later
in a tan raincoat with a big rosette –
standing outside the butcher’s
handing out leaflets
and cigarettes
I could hear him as I went to the shop:
Saying ‘privatisation was an economic cancer’.
I asked my father what that meant
He said ‘never mind son,
‘they’re all a bunch of chancers’
from a speaker on top of a Hillman Avenger
I must have been ten years old –
to me he sounded like he
could have been a contender
I could see him in the passenger seat
talking on the mic like a TV detective
His face was on every lamppost
promising change and a whole new perspective.
in a tan raincoat with a big rosette –
standing outside the butcher’s
handing out leaflets
and cigarettes
I could hear him as I went to the shop:
Saying ‘privatisation was an economic cancer’.
I asked my father what that meant
He said ‘never mind son,
‘they’re all a bunch of chancers’
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