To the factory or sign on,<\/p>\n
I chose boxes over tick boxes<\/p>\n
bubble-wrap instead of hoops.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Through the drop down concertina<\/p>\n
to shop-floor beyond<\/p>\n
where sat a corner office man<\/p>\n
in headphones so tight<\/p>\n
they split his cork-screw perm<\/p>\n
like a butterfly cake,<\/p>\n
Fender copy on knee,<\/p>\n
picking notes with<\/p>\n
blue Elastoplast fingertips,<\/p>\n
ignored my cv and instead<\/p>\n
let Hey Joe recognition<\/p>\n
win him over,<\/p>\n
offering \u00a333\/wk<\/p>\n
& all the vinyl<\/p>\n
we could purloin.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But he didn’t warn me that<\/p>\n
Radio 1 dumbed down 9-5<\/p>\n
& Janis never kicked the boss’ Mercedes,<\/p>\n
but we got to clean it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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