RESIST :/ EVICTION :// CREEP

It was scoped out 
the planned cut  
the crude slice 
into Wanstead 
thru Leytonstone 
deeper and deeper 
past Leyton tube station 
planned for decades 
the spin began in the late sixties 
it took Thatcher and her cabinet 
     to begin the evictions (proper cash-incentives offered) 
hack and slash clinics 
              demolition crews 
sketchy overweight bailiffs 
the Tactical Support Group 
freshly shaven riot police dogs 
undercover soldiers let loose 
cash-incentives for tenants handing over an empty property 
command and surveillance centre 
(high-pressure pressure 
fixers/spin merchants) 
The City of London Corporation 

Paul Hawkins