Hopeful Dystopia

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David Keenan

David Keenan (born April 1971) is a Scottish author, critic and musician. He is the author of England's Hidden Reverse, a biography of Coil, Current 93 and Nurse with Wound, a regular contributor to The Wire since 1995. He used to run Volcanic Tongue. His novel For the Good Times won the 2019 Gordon Burn Prize. more »

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Where is your Valerie from the gallery? 
Where is your Francis, Neil & Joan ? 
They're in horrors shot to pieces on the bed like a pile of clothes 
I have been emptied of tradition in hopeful dystopia 
I heard you had then set out alone for the tomb of the unknown gurrier 
With ten pages neatly pressed and piled 
On which you wrote ten fantastical lies, 
Made a shrine which you inscribed, 
In truth I'd rather him than I 
Blow out your candle it's four in the afternoon and the world will soon be ending 
Blow out your candle it's four in the afternoon and the world as you once knew it will be ending soon
 My blue eyed boy.
 Where is your Valerie from the gallery? 
Where is the sunken Lusitania you'll forever row? 
Back in the hovel, down the rabbit hole 
Further down this time with your fork tailed coat 
And trusted guide by your side 
The heavy air in here it could be lit like fossil fuel 
And though the light swings from its neck 
I could never ever think any less of you 
When was your last decent deed ? 
You are the hollow tune that is whistled from a mouthpiece in a hollow room Blow out your candle it's four in the afternoon and the world will soon be ending 
Blow out the candle it's four in the afternoon and the world as you once knew it will be ending soon 
My black eyed boy. 
The early days of courtship are the best 
I miss being on buses late at night with you 
We are scum, unadulterated scum 
Though the butterfly phase has begun 
We are scum, unadulterated scum 
Though the butterfly phase has begun with immediate effect 
Don't let your coffee go cold. 
Where is your Valerie from the gallery ? 
Where is the fake Francis Bacon triptych you said you owned ?

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