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December 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Close Reading

Yeah, so I enjoyed that,
good chat – some interesting things.
And so I’ve bought your book
and you can sign it if you like.

I notice, just flicking through it, in the ah
first poem,
you mentioned selling a Phil Collins CD
which I found very interesting
since you mention also that
you’re a drummer
and, well, I thought it was pretty much
only drummers
that bought Phil Collins CDs…

And I saw you also talked about selling
The Very Best of Elvis Costello.
Yeah, cos I’ve got quite a few Elvis Costello
albums, and I really like him – and I’d never
get rid of anything by him…

So I’m interested to read the rest of it
based on that.

Oh, and ah, yeah, thanks again for the chat.
I really enjoyed the first poem in the book.
Or the parts that I read of it just now anyway
And I’ll probably read some more I reckon.

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