Daisy Thomas

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No dog don’t wag your tail at me I’m crying

I need lots of money I need to jingle 
walking down the street in my smartest shirt 
so much money notes will rain 
on everyone whose head I put my palm on 
mansions for all the snails so 
they don’t have to cart everything around 
and the preparation for space travel won’t 
be very intensive so everyone has time for a ride 
some people will fly in a rocket ship 
before they fly in an aeroplane 
two fingers to westminster the whole way up 
and smiling like parakeets 
I’ll make everybody so happy they 
won’t even consider getting a boyfriend 
but they’ll enjoy the song Foundations 
by Kate Nash just as much and 
don’t worry I’ll abolish the police 
and borders I’m not against violence 
the world is my winter palace 
the world is my circus 
the world is my very large dining table 
and everyone’s got one 
a world and a dining table and 
should I tell you what is bothering me, 
really? It’s all the salt and vinegar crisps 
I’ve been having it’s that the inside 
of my mouth is peeling and my pee 
it is so hot 

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DAISY THOMAS is a Welsh poet based in London. She recently graduated from Goldsmiths with an MA in Creative & Life Writing. She co-hosts Poetry Hour on No Bounds Radio.