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The Italian.

Leave my Nan out in the rain, it'll be right. She's having veg later with some meat, on a bone but meat. No gravy, she's too lazy. She will not thread it. So what do you think? Shall we fold it the other way? Do it tonight, it won't be today and not quite black but definitely not grey. If it smells like cheese, just wear one and keep one eye open! Then, we may even finish third. Remember, listen for the sound. It's crucial, like a twenty pence piece. Dust! Always dust. Grams and ounces of the dustiest dust. Never before six and never after six. Just continuous with no bends, bubbles or any of that material you really like. Because when he'd finished speaking (The Italian) I didn't understand a fucking word of it! "Sorry, I don't speak Italian", shrugged my shoulders, did that thing you do with your bottom lip and fucked off. THE END (FINITO)
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Written by
SazKells
Other / Lancashire. UK
Published
May 28, 2018
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25·159
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A poem describing the problems we encounter through language barriers.

The solutions we create to overcome them!

Especially the English

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#brexit#italian#eu#european#xenophobia#nationalist#england
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