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Cathy Dreyer - “He’s a businessman – he’s going to get things sorted”
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
“He’s a businessman – he’s going to get things sorted”
Cathy Dreyer
I could throw my tea in your face,
or take all my clothes off and dance
naked in the rain while you choke
on having known all along that there
was something wrong about me
(and at least I’ll go down singing).
Or I could tell you that he wants to
– date – his daughter, describes her as
very voluptuous, his voice thickening
on the word very. I don’t think I dare
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