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Lale Hasn't Turned Up For Work

from The People Who Run The Country by The People Who Run The Country

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Lale Has Not Turned Up For Work
 
He’s wake boarding with Taika Waititi.
Him and Millhouse have got an all sugar Squishy
Woah that’s good squishy, they say.
Lale is picking his own strawberries
in Dedham Vale with Dudley Sutton.

He’s drinking milkshakes cold and long
on a lilo watching a video
of the new Apple watch being unboxed.
 Lale and Lale’s friend Jill have made soup.
The whole veg box in one go, even the swede.

Lale has not turned up for work x4

Lale is in Turtle Bay, spunking his cash on sides
Lale’s found a mint copy of Sgt Pepper on vinyl
in Barnardo’s. Lale is halfway through
Lindsay Anderson’s If -
the boys are shooting up the school.

Lale is refusing to listen to a Morrissey apologist:
That joke isn’t funny anymore he says, tartly.
He’s just put the top down.
He’s the only car on the A35.
He’s thought of a great band name: Pope Slap.

Lale has not turned up for work x4

Lale is listening to the New Statesman podcast .
Lale is laughing out loud. Welcome to the Jungle
comes on. Lale is having a bubble bath.
Lale is ordering  a new cock ring.
Lale has not turned up for work.

Lale is having goodbye sushi with Lily James
at Victoria Station. No, it’s Waterloo, it always
makes him think of the Bourne Ultimatum.
They’ve got a stack of yellows.
They just had yellows. To hell with the cost.

Lale has not turned up for work x4

Lale is in the Norfolk Lavender fields
reconnecting with his dad. I’m so glad
 we did this, Lale. Yeah, me too, Dad. Me too.
Lale slips his hand through the loop of his dad’s arm
and his dad squeezes it against his quilted jacket

till Lale can feel his rib cage.
It feels warm and safe as the sun slides
down the vast Norfolk sky in pinks and purples.
Lale texts his boss a photo of the lavender
in the gloaming. It’s so beautiful. It’s almost unreal.

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from The People Who Run The Country, released October 26, 2022
Wright / Taylor

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The People Who Run The Country Sheffield, UK

The People Who Run The Country roll their misanthropic fun wagon of pop into 2022 and suddenly things don’t seem that bad any more. Sure, life might be a shit show but just look at the lights!

Their debut single gained Radio 6 airplay and this Autumn they’re bringing out their debut LP. ... more

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