"Green bed of bottles, open to the sky
Bare head of drunk man, the beads of sweat go dry
He says he's sorry, tender as a lamb
she says, "go", meaning, "stay", meaning, "You have to pay"..."Berties Brochures
"In rainy Ireland in the 50's
There outside a pink farmhouse door
A small Bertie, playing at digging trenches,
asks, ";Daddy, what's the blowtorch for?";..."Big Madness
"in the winter in a seaside boarding house
the killer swigs and wheels
round his room telling how he made that
weeping spinster kneel..."|
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