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Banksy by Gerard Lally
from Now We Are Five
Banksy
Oh Banksy oh Banksy where have they all gone? Day glo graffiti, Where are your pictures, my talented son? And the wind blows dry.
On the wall of a clinic he painted a nude, Day glo graffiti, Some blokes from the council considered it rude, And the wind blows dry.
He painted Slave Labour on a store in Wood Green, Day glo graffiti, Then the picture was taken and cannot be seen, And the wind blows dry.
Now his murals are auctioned and put up for sale, Day glo graffiti, But Banksy gets threatened with Cambridge Road gaol, And the wind blows dry.
So I sat on a pavement with crayons and chalk, Day glo graffiti, And left a strange footprint where people might walk, And the wind blows dry.
Then I went to the ocean and drew on the shore, Day glo graffiti, But a storm set in fierce and the work was no more, And the wind blows dry.
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And I dreamt of a secret in ancient Iraq, Day glo graffiti, It was there on a wall but I can’t bring it back, And the wind blows dry.
Gerard Lally
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