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Paddy Hill

Paddy Hill

2 January 2025 /Posted byJames O Brien
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by James O’Brien

The percussion on your teeth,

A drum roll, precision revolver,

Rattling around an abyss dissonance.

A voided revulsion of mouth,

A choke spasm of oesophagus.

Choke now cunt,

Choke now.

You will confess,

Blood on the walls,

Blood in your lungs,

A bag of famine rags,

Each day a blood smear counting.

Even in sunlight,

They served you blood as evidence.

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James O'Brien is an award-winning playwright, poet, filmmaker and political activist. He was made an Honorary Member of the N.U.M. during the Miners Strike, 1984-5. He was the PCS Branch Secretary at Tate Modern 2000-16 and led a series of strikes against austerity and attacks on workers' rights and pay.

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