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Wordpower. |
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a word to |
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empower the powerless - |
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(Name them ... the Underclass) |
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never lifts off the page. |
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Social Security |
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is a closed book. |
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My word against their power. |
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An a-l-y-t-i-c-a-l phonic |
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a word an an a tick tickle |
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word pow! her |
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Tangled in language |
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When me mum argues |
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wi me dad |
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Oi’m caught in the middle |
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grrr gasped on the in-breath |
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of a scrounged fag |
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a rumour was started that |
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me dad abused me |
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It’s made me dad sick. |
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Sticks and stones |
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in the tacky lick |
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of seaside rock. |
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Aureate; covered with gold |
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Sounding like: ears, heard |
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In my gameboy world of rockets and boosters, |
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blackholes and meteors |
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I escape missiles of language, |
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This is the real world; get real. |
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Wor(l)d stops at the end of the street, |
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a clipped consonant. |
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End-stop. |
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Notes in a Manor: Of Speaking |
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To buy |