promise is a promise
by
steve coel
1]
today.
doorway.
long corridor.
2]
place used to be arcade.
not now.
shops are long gone, roof caved in, steel mesh windows ripped out by scrappies, walls decorated courtesy of local youth.
no charge.
3]
nice touch that.
4]
so you could say it's quiet round this way now there's nothing left to nick.
5]
council says places like this is going to be developed.
we'll see.
6]
meantime, it's where i comes to spend my days, to finish jobs i been doing during the night.
7]
i'll have finished in about six months anyways.
8]
do what the fuck they wants then.
all of them.
9]
and if they ever finds what i been hidin' round here won't be any come back.
10]
promise is a promise.
Arfordir Byw
steve coel
An 11.59 Publication, Birmingham