“in the car park a young father whispers weed smoke about how his life feels, like that burnt-out car that never moves, the one with the shattered windows leaving diamond tears in the asphalt.” SummerBeing BlackBrixtonAshes To Fire Book:A Portable Paradise Source: A Portable Paradise
“As London Bridge burns down, Brixton’s burning up, turns out you’re in luck cos’ I know this dodgy fuck in the duck.” PoetryLondonWeedDrugsBrixton Author:Mike Skinner
“You fooled us. Render your work, not your lives. This seems like the newest answer to an old question. Cheap muscle and blood to build you an Empire- that we can't stay in. Gran's gone missing from Saturday morning. Brixton Market? No one is frowning at the quality of the yams, or asking how the snapper's eye so cloudy. There'll be no Saturday soup tonight.” BritainEmpireDeportationImmigration ExperienceRacism In BritainBrixtonEnoch PowellRacism In CanadaCitizen IWindrush Book:A Portable Paradise Source: A Portable Paradise