“there is a mushroom cloud in the back garden
i did i tried to bring in the cat
but it simply came to pieces in my hand
i did i tried to whitewash the windows
but there weren't any”

— Roger McGough

"Mother the Wardrobe is Full of Infantrymen", from The Mersey Sound (1967)

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British writer and poet 1937

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