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    Twisted and Chewed
    Twisted and Chewed
    Twisted and Chewed
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    Twisted and Chewed

    By Shaun Rivers

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    Shaun Rivers is a performance poet, actor and visual artist from Stockport, now based in London. His debut poetry book Twisted ‘N’ Chewed is about naïve decadence, dreadful despair, love, way too many drugs, believing in your favourite band, wasting time in Hornsey, tripping in America, forgetting what your name is and wondering who an earth you truly are…
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam Cornelius Harris publishing
    Release dateNov 30, 2020
    ISBN9781911232308
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      Book preview

      Twisted and Chewed - Shaun Rivers

      William Cornelius Harris Publishing

      In collaboration

      With

      London Poetry Books

      ISBN 978-1-911232-30-8

      Copyright © Shaun Rivers 2020

      All rights reserved

      W. Young 14 Fairlawn, 159 Kingsway BN3 4FZ

      info@londonpoetrybooks.com

      London Poetry Books

      For the bad eggs, one day you will hatch…

      Thank you, Nicole Bailey, for providing the book cover and photography

      Shaun Rivers

      Untitled

      The DJ’s Hands

      your life is in DJ’s hands

      empty as a one-night stand

      close your eyes

      drift away

      come out and play

      misbehave in a loving way

      drown in ecstasy

      see the world as one big rave

      hug someone in the DJ’s cave

      Tell me girl, what’s your favourite drug?

      fuck the bills, take pills, party, party, party

      grind your teeth, swing your jaw, move your feet

      take some more

      homework bores me

      music floors me

      big, bastard, beefy bouncers

      deep V’s, quiffs and sleeves

      remember love hearts?

      smile for smileys

      kiss me quick

      I’m coming up

      don’t look now

      he’s throwing up

      policemen tried to shut it down

      the underground went over ground

      happy people

      massive pupils

      no I.D

      no entry

      all the gear

      no idea

      bright lights

      distorted faces

      double drop

      never stop

      two for a fiver

      drop the flyer

      racing hearts

      in the dark

      roll the dice

      feel alive

      someone died tonight…

      You can’t sleep coz you’re lying there awake

      wired and tired your head’s a fucking state

      need a sip

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