Sorry to fans of Peterborough's leading poet, Cardinal Cox, who sent me his latest effusion more than a week ago. It's not supernatural as such, but has a kind of steampunk Gothic vibe, you dig? It's entitled The Shaver Mysteries, an episode in counterculture/pulp fiction history I'd forgotten. If you'd like to know more about Shaver and his crazy notions, the BBC (of all institutions) has something here. (If Shaver were around now he'd probably accue the BBC of being under dero control.) If you'd like to know more about Cardinal Cox and his emanations, find out more here.
Here's a bit from the new collection:
FREAK SHOW
The freak show's fallen on hard times
It's the carnival's disgrace
Even the bearded lady has
Taken to hiding her face
The Siamese twins have been divorced
Indian rubber man's lost his stretch
Tattooe'd lady's disappeared
Booth boxer's just a wretch
The living skeleton's developed a taste
For the richest chocolate log
We're still featuring Henry, though
The famous dog-faced dog
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