TO LYRIC LIGHT
1977-83
    
    
 

WANTING

Poem: Alasdair Gray © 2005

 
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I am new born.
I want to suck sweet and sing
and eat and laugh and run and
fuck and feel secure and own my own home
and receive the recognition due to a man in my position
and not have nobody to care for me
and not be lonely
and die.