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Dalston at 7.57pm on 7th May 1969 Simon Maddrell

Simon Maddrell

Bob Dylan turns up at Spoken Word London,VFD, Dalston at 7.57pm on 7th May 1969

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Hippy jeans on skinny legs crabbed out of bed at seven pm just for another cup of coffee.

The cellar club having a night off walls the colour of sex cock-filled toilet doors.

Snaking his waist inside, I imagine there’s a fag on the pavement. Put me on first, he must have said.

Ignoring his own ignorance of rules & giving his own fucks he guards a guitar like a shotgun.

Duncan in his cowboy hat & boots feels under-dressed in black nail varnish.

Hannah warns the photographer to wait, wait. She turns off the clock.

He sings Tonight, I’ll be staying here with you and then walks out.

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