Selling newspapers.
Every day he went to work
selling newspapers.
At the stand all day long
earning his rent and living.
It's not very exciting work
selling newspapers.
Good a way as any
to make his way and living.
Each evening he walked home from
selling newspapers.
A comfortable routine
his own template for living.
No more at the news stand, but still
selling newspapers.
His name is headline news
now he's no longer living.
Michele Brenton 8th April 2009
More poems written contemporaneously as the case regarding the death of Ian Tomlinson developed here: http://poems-2-share.blog.co.uk/search/tomlinson/AND/
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