Saturday 1 September 2012

citizen spy

doing his bit to spice up suburban life.

he likes to think of himself as the provincial eye.

a martyr might cost you up to half a million
but a shill will still only set you back a shilling or two.

a broad sweep,
operation snoop-while-you-sleep,

a town of amateur sleuths,
i think i heard my letterbox snapping to.

villager volunteer swat division all rounding us up with grim precision.

train guard pulls magnum from hidden holster
and trains it at the temple of amateur photographer.

speaking for a certain kind of saviour
about certain kinds of uncertain behaviour - citizen spy.

he doesn't care if their cameras give him cancer.