Boots thud cobbles, march time, match day; things best not
to be messed with. Received lack of wisdom. Xeroxed polemics. Keep it simple -
the message. Let actions emerge with no instruction. Tactical denial
possibilities, strategic rebuttal. Frayed denim, tattooed skull, fixed grimace,
sweat: what, us, your honour?
And thus the aforementioned does hereby and justly
request an occasion for the restitution of honour in accordance with the
constitution, deeds, articles and clauses of our respective guilds and
societies, namely …
Cul-de-sac lock-ups. Concrete chipped on girders, rust
patches, sheened puddle, dog crap, grass sprouts. Arrays of warriors,
improvised weaponry. The stand-off, reiteration of causes and entitlements, the
shout, alarums, the charge. Imagined as Agincourt.
Attestations in annals in the form of: witness statements,
police reports, hospital records, personal medical records, police statements,
news-in-brief articles, legal affidavits. A notable absence of: eulogies,
elegies, odes, battle hymns, epic poetry. Graffiti citation found with scuff
marks, skid marks, stains, splinters, shards, bone fragments: Ere we do em
(erased).
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