promise is a promise
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 around 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 hiding round here
won't be any comeback
promise is a promise
* Originally published: Tin Collector, 2015. An 11.59 Publication
