Writing london 2012-13

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Demand exceeds supply Who am I to wonder why? Press and public outraged Hear them howl, scream and cry Iron coffins, man traps and trip wires Prevent me not Nor the hangman’s noose Or treadmill at Coldbath Fields Prison ’Tis corpses I provide For they have nowhere left to hide And with every last breath I shall continue to trade in death Inspired by the Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men exhibition and a screening of the film The Body Snatcher, both of which took place at the Museum of London.


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