The Adventures of Lulu
You were sex, design and science fiction
stepping out in a string of burlesque pearls
Venus in furs
on the back of a decadent Weimar cat
naturally capricious and perverse
So very brave, new and recreational
Sleek deco mistress
made of penthouse Storyvilles
Modernist
and medicated femme fatale
drinking highballs at the bar
falling in love again and again and
in the Tin Pan metropolis
there's a dead cat in the Reichstag
and a banker on a ledge
Pandora
now is the time
when Emperor Ming the Merciless
comes to claim his throne
Shadwell is a school teacher who lives in a small town
called Dunstable, about thirty miles to the north of London. His poems have
appeared in a number online magazines and he sometimes appears in
pubs, clubs and coffee shops reading them.
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