promise is a promise.
By
Steve Coel
today
doorway
long corridor
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
nice touch that
so you could say
it's quiet round this way
now there's nothing left to nick
council says
places like this
is going to be developed
we'll see
meantime
it's where I comes
to spend my days
to finish jobs
I been doing during the night
I'll have finished
in about six months
anyways
do what the fuck they wants then
all of them
and if they ever
finds out
what I been hidin'
round here
won't be any come back
promise is a promise
I'r de o'r afon
steve coel
steve coel
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