[Poem] – LONDON BRIDGES in Magma 35

My poem, London Bridges, published in Magma issue 35 (Summer 2006) is now online courtesy of the Southbank Centre’s Poetry Library

London Bridges  

by Tolu Ogunlesi
 
We ride a cosmopolitan storm, a double-decker chaos.
We ride an empire

under the threat of revenge.
Black faces look

and hold secrets
of the coming apocalypse. Shhh.

Don’t tell the queen. Don’t let
Number 10 in on this. Mop your floors,

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