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Belgians in Sudan

from The Futile Feud by James Jefferys

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James Jefferys - Belgians in Sudan

Hey, thing, the fringy fling
Put your rosy cheeks and your nosey fingers
To a task that’s useful –
Write my name on every brick
Spoon them into our time to spend
Too soon to eschew four score and ten

In the corner I’m comically sat
Moody, sporting the conical hat
Gravy corks in a walnut lollop –
Firefighters don’t eat crackling
In the mildness of the kiln
A violent, vibrant vaulting kill…


The cast of this play’s
Not cast in silver
Look at the mess which
Change gets us into

We bored a hole through the middle of a leaking Khartoum,
Drawn on the bowl as a hidden, fleeting cartoon
Forlorn was the whole of this midden, bleating platoon
Mourning their souls, dreading speaking Walloon.
Drill into kneecaps, deadpan gender
Forever my junior, blackened September

The cast of this play’s
Not cast in silver
Look at the mess which
Change gets us into

Feeding blackberries to the neighbour’s cat
(But they’re strewn about the carpet, anyway)
Harassing a hobby, interrogating you
(But they’re strewn about the carpet, anyway)


The cast of this play’s
Not cast in silver
Look at the mess which
Change gets us into

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from The Futile Feud, released March 14, 2015

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