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Drumming across windows In both of the toilets Banging could frequently be heard Dragging chairs under the stairs In the entrance hall Thawed in the cheesy music Leading to the main bar Twitching across your back Like a whistle blower Drowned out by the noise Over the sticky floors And watered down lager Curving into a maze of bodies Aglow in a series of frantic lights Sweeping diamonds in their dreams Caged with the TV Screen Dangling half drunk from the ceiling Scrunched with a frightening rage Held back by invisible hands Wishing for the carnage to end Over the top of a sign that always said Drinking, dancing, cavorting While the revernd sits there unseen Constantly spitting feathers Throwing toilet paper in the air And attempting to push staff Down the stairs as if to say They weren’t getting out of there Anywhere near quick enough For his liking. (Brannigans is a now closed Bar in the centre of Manchester which was reportingly haunted by Reverend Collier, a fierce anti alcohol revernald at the start of the 20th Century of which his church, Albert Halls became Brannigans at one point).
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 9:05 AM UTC
The Sermon of Reverend Collier
Drumming across windows In both of the toilets Banging could frequently be heard Dragging chairs under the stairs In the entrance hall Thawed in the cheesy music Leading to the main bar Twitching across your back Like a whistle blower Drowned out by the noise Over the sticky floors And watered down lager Curving into a maze of bodies Aglow in a series of frantic lights Sweeping diamonds in their dreams Caged with the TV Screen Dangling half drunk from the ceiling Scrunched with a frightening rage Held back by invisible hands Wishing for the carnage to end Over the top of a sign that always said Drinking, dancing, cavorting While the revernd sits there unseen Constantly spitting feathers Throwing toilet paper in the air And attempting to push staff Down the stairs as if to say They weren’t getting out of there Anywhere near quick enough For his liking. (Brannigans is a now closed Bar in the centre of Manchester which was reportingly haunted by Reverend Collier, a fierce anti alcohol revernald at the start of the 20th Century of which his church, Albert Halls became Brannigans at one point).
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Feb 22, 2015
Feb 22, 2015 at 9:05 AM UTC
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