CONTENTS

Preface

1. BOMB THE PAST

‘He was a man, take him for all in all . . .’

2. CLASSIFIED MACHINE

‘And then it started like a guilty thing.’

3. LONDON – DEATH SENTENCE HERITAGE

‘A violet in the youth . . .’

4. NE TRAVAILLE JAMAIS

‘I am thy father’s spirit.’

5. BORED OUT OF MY MIND

‘The time is out of joint: O cursed spite . . .’

6. SCARS – DEAD – HATE – VOID

‘God has given you one face . . .’

7. FUCK ME AND LEAVE

‘My words fly up, my thoughts remain below . . .’

8. THERE IS NO CHOICE

‘If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart / Absent thee from felicity awhile.’