The Friday Poem: ‘Flying Fuck’, by James Brown

09 Jun 2017

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New verse by Wellington writer James Brown.

Flying Fuck

We spend too much time

doing things for people who don’t

give a flying fuck about us.

What is a flying fuck anyway?

Is that line earning its place?

It could probably be cut.

James Brown, 2017

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James Brown

'Leadership Material' is from James Brown's new collection Slim Volume (Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2024). His Selected Poems appeared in 2020. He still reads, writes and cycles in Wellington.

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