Allotment Sundays
Jeremy Corbyn devotional #1
Meadow dreams of Nowhere
an afternoon in 10m by 2m
country idyll
East German
strawberry-stains
grass-roots pulled
from asphalt
new homes built
in hedgerows
concrete aspidistra rising heat
we stand our ground, thatching
weeds, hessian spills
our last bid for tomorrow
The Textiles Union Lonesome Blues
Jeremy Corbyn devotional #2
Sewing-through-your-fingers
Mary says
she’ll mirror
his arr
hyth
mic
free-style on the
long dance floor
the waltzing Lords
aren’t satisfied
Labour cries ‘she!’
will be the mirror
of your lonesome Corbyn
all male shadow blue
glitter dream
the beast refuses
to be civil, cries ‘She! She!
She’ll do me, she’ll do you
she’s got that kind of loving’
her Majesty’s hoops
uncovered leather
shifts a cover-up
knocking
shop circled
a.m. resonating
bleary-eyed
lonesome ladies’
night shift song
sweet harmonies
to feathery pins
in shorts
such is the goodbye
Textiles Union blues
Sarah Cave