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published
inWindhorse, Rockingham Press
Doo-Love
If
the sun promises to shine
two
men from Carntyne,
Hammy
Hamilton and Chick Caven,
(the
uncrowned kings of doo-men)
leg
it to the lofts:
pitch-black
like pill-boxes,
protected
by padlocks
and
steel bolts. Imprisoned within ---
the
doos men have died for.
"It's
Fort Knox wi' feathers."
They
stop there for a blether,
a
bit of banter or
to
slag each other off:
"That
loft of yours is boggin
and
in need of a good clean."
"You
have to doll your doo up.
Some
guys use hair dyes
painted
on wi' a wee brush.
Then
keep their peroxide blondes
horny
on the ramp."
Hammy
speaks an Esperanto
to
his doo, wooing her with words.
Chick
opens his huge hands,
caresses
the fragile span,
then
nestles her next to his chest.
When
they look out over the
scrubby
waste-tips, raw
schemes,
draggled plots,
all
they see is sheer white,
all
they feel is soft down.
John Killick
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