Mar '12
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This little rescue-ee is from Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (p217) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (p207).
Curious room
Beneath the hoping measured
narrow echoey train
was roar roar
was stutter stutter.
Machines in rows,
silently fluorescent.
Spindle factory,
quota weighed.
Damn bitches
in windowless cubicles
served the silent treatment.
Lipstick, ribbons, makeup, hair creams, boots, skirts
never paper-wrapped gestures.
Unappetising lunchroom leftovers:
beans and custard creams.
Walls that wear eyes.
Curious room
Beneath the hoping measured
narrow echoey train
was roar roar
was stutter stutter.
Machines in rows,
silently fluorescent.
Spindle factory,
quota weighed.
Damn bitches
in windowless cubicles
served the silent treatment.
Lipstick, ribbons, makeup, hair creams, boots, skirts
never paper-wrapped gestures.
Unappetising lunchroom leftovers:
beans and custard creams.
Walls that wear eyes.
Like it. That one flows. Got a '1984' atmosphere to it somehow, not just the last line.
or IPad factory in China?
Yes, more like wartime munitions factory.
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