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Grenfell Tower Block Fire
We built this city on rock ‘n’ roll
– Starship
Waving two children onto the ride
ahead of youit crashes
what does that say
about divine mercy
or coincidence?
they heard them calling out
from the upper floors
as the flames rose
someone threw out a baby
someone else caught it
the others died
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I don't usually write these sorts of topical poems - let alone publish them - but I had a strange dream the night before it happened (the first incident in the poem), and I found myself turning this out without really meaning to. Such a terrible, terrible tragedy! (I was going to say "accident", but from what's come out since, if that's what it was, then it was an accident waiting to happen ...)
