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Roy Marshall - Bowes Road
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Bowes Road

I’d never seen rats run on cables before
nor heard windows vibrate
to the throb of HGVs.  

Jim was a native, toured his manor
like a lord, his car stereo booming
I Wanna Be Adored

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