Issue 1.2 - Mark Gilbert

CW: Suggested physical violence.
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sharp suit 

this guy walks along the street grinning and talking to himself with fire in his eyes and wires coming out of his ears in the old days we would have burned him at the stake before lunchtime 
 
                                                       crackling flesh         
                                                                the sound         
                                                    of rushing water 
 
in the old days we would have pushed him under the wheels of an Uber 
 
                                                                                  everyone wins 
                                                                                  my reflection 
                                                                                  in his shiny shoes 
 
in the old days we would have thrown him off the top of a tower block and filmed it and put it on YouTube one camera at the top one at the bottom 
 
                                                       young century   
                                                         new wrinkles           
                                                     new laugh lines 

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