“Hitching up the M11
coming back from a Dexys gig
got picked up 'bout half eleven
by this bloke in a funny wig”

—  Attila the Stockbroker

"Contributory Negligence", from Cautionary Tales for Dead Commuters (1985)
Written for a judge who said a raped woman hitchhiker had been guilty of "contributory negligence". In the poem, Attila hitches a lift with a judge, attacks him and uses the ruling in his defence.

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