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How does a bookies have a sale anyway? by Chris Lindores: No. 72 of this collection’s Top 100

In poetry, Top 100 Poems on February 15, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Title: How does a bookies have a sale anyway?
Author: Chris Lindores
Number: 72/100
Allocated postcode: EH1

How does a bookies have a sale anyway?

Yous two-
push that box out the Cowgate
and up the street;
that one that goes past Greyfriars Bobby.

That one in the green clown suit,
he seems to be the ringleader.
Cunt gave me a cup of tea
with a burst bag settled at the bottom.

It’s well dodgy round here.

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