Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounConvex bone in front ofknee joint; the patella.Articulates with femur. Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ nounIrish hip hop trio articulatingwithout fear, speaking outabout genocide. See Coachella. Kneecap /ˈniːkap/ verbPunishment beating deliveredby politicians, pundits, with intentto cripple, prevent articulation. See Kneecap /ˈniːkap/…
Waking at first light in the hopeof some miraculous resurrection of hope,an Easter miracle come early, I turn onmy phone, find that the people of Gaza– every last man, woman, and child –have been blessed with Ukrainian passports. Bright. New.…
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after Dorothy Parker
my sisters, my friends. It is so easyto pick up the first stone and cast it.To declare proud and righteous, handon heart, that you have never been tempted – standing before a crowd,a host of cameras, with all the eyesof the…
not much at all...
to any one of us...
after Pastor Martin Niemöller
“They’d send a limousine anyway…”
The Clash
Play the man, and not the ball.
[written after Labour Party conference]
what if doormats were suddenly sentient?
what if elephants nested in trees?
of the British Museum find
in some forgotten room
an old earthenware lamp