“Vision Poem” (extract Pete Greig)

by Colin Dexter

WHATEVER IT TAKES THEY WILL GIVE: BREAKING THE RULES.

SHAKING MEDIOCRITY FROM ITS COSY LITTLE HIDE. LAYING DOWN THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR PRECIOUS LITTLE WRONGS, LAUGHING AT LABELS, FASTING ESSENTIALS.

THE ADVERTISERS CANNOT MOULD THEM. HOLLYWOOD CANNOT HOLD THEM. PEER-PRESSURE IS POWERLESS TO SHAKE THEIR RESOLVE AT LATE NIGHT PARTIES BEFORE THE COCKEREL CRIES.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY COOL, DANGEROUSLY ATTRACTIVE INSIDE. ON THE OUTSIDE? THEY HARDLY CARE. THEY WEAR CLOTHES LIKE COSTUMES TO COMMUNICATE AND CELEBRATE BUT NEVER TO HIDE

EXTRACT FROM THE VISION POEM BY PETE GREIG

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