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PORNO POET
THE CHAIN
HE TOOK ME TO THE HARDWARE STORE
THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
WEARING FILTHY BOILERSUITS
HE LOOKED ME UP AND DOWN
NODDING IN APPROVAL
WE BOTH STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR
NO ONE SEEMED TO NOTICE US
WE WALKED ACROSS THE FLOOR.
WE SPENT SOME TIME JUST LOOKING ROUND
AND LOOKING AT THE MEN
AND STILL NOBODY NOTICED US
BECAUSE WE FITTED IN
WE FOUND OUT WHERE THEY HAD THE CHAIN
AND CHOSE THE HEAVY KIND
CUT A LENGTH FOR ROUND MY NECK
HAD ONE MORE THING TO FIND,
A HEAVY DUTY PADLOCK
WAS ALL WE HAD TO GET
WE FOUND THEM IN THE SAME AISLE
I’D BE THE PIG MAN’S PET
HE PUT THE CHAIN AROUND MY NECK
AND LOCKED THE PADLOCK ON
NOW I WAS A PIG BOY
MY LONELY DAYS WERE GONE

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