We could shower first and then make love
Or just not bother. Do it dirty. Equally
Delight it what we bring to the performance
From the previous evening. Whatever
Our names might be, we come from Hyde
One of us raised in Newton, the other
Opposite the Providence Mill (canal side)
It’s odd that we didn’t know each other
But these things happen. There are folk
On Hattersley who never once saw Lemmy
Lemmy from Motorhead
When he was courting someone local
He’d swagger down to the corner shop,
Cowboy-style each morning, to get his fags
And paper. I bet Lemmy didn’t shower first
Let’s do it and damn decorum
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Steven Taylor
Picture Nick Victor
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