impossible speed challenge<\/p>\n
for fingers more meant<\/p>\n
to brutalise than nurture,<\/p>\n
punch not quench<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
nothing delicate<\/p>\n
has come from this,<\/p>\n
it’s shaken not stirred,<\/p>\n
a snapper of wrists<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
dogma of prowling,<\/p>\n
hate & steal,<\/p>\n
leading with the forehead,<\/p>\n
keeping things real.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Liberated from actions<\/p>\n
reasoning’s fine,<\/p>\n
but why, tell me why<\/p>\n
has it started to rhyme?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
who set the default<\/p>\n
to way back when?<\/p>\n
pushed nursery remit<\/p>\n
to the front again?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
what if there’s no action<\/p>\n
to make this stop?<\/p>\n
Just beat it to death –<\/p>\n
and bury the box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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