The colliery owners at the Hyde Lane inquest
Were represented by Radcliffe Ellis, from Wigan
The closest railway station
To the Bickershaw Festival
When it rained
It was where I saw Beefheart, Van
Morrison, parts of the Grateful Dead
Country Joe, and The Kinks. Caught
A cold. A painful ear infection
Tripped, imperfectly. Setting out
I’d assumed I might seduce someone
But failed. I imagine it was the weather
I sat sodden and tentless
Trying to separate hallucination from reality
Radcliffe Ellis
Suggested the reason
For the disaster was geology
Safety was irrelevant
It would have happened anyway
Donovan followed Hawkwind
Stacia kept her clothes on
.
Steven Taylor
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