Neil Laurenson - This Is Just To Say

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This Is Just To Say
Neil Laurenson

I have taken
the NHS
that was in
public ownership

and which
you were probably
saving
for future generations

Forgive me
it was so profitable
so good
and so rich

Neil Laurenson has had work published in several magazines, including Brittle Star and Here Comes Everyone, and has read at both the Ledbury and the Wenlock Poetry Festivals. His debut pamphlet, Exclamation Marx!, was published by Silhouette Press in April.

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