Sussex men grunt profanities
aloud – pig-snorts – a guttural
of divulged doubt about how
much they have – how much –
how much they love that flag
atop their pole – how much a
pint costs – how fast they can
still go – how white their town
will remain – how foreigners’ll
return to foreign shores – hear
how they can f*ck any woman
they want – how cock-sure – in
pubs they’ll slip a racist point
of view – but not on Facebook
[‘cos it’ll cost me my job & all]
where they learn how to howl
without being shutdown – see
how they slump on their sofas
as footballers kneel & they say
how white lives matter – how?
MIKE BELL | 10,000 Poems 