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Once thought lost forever, |
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it was discovered in America in 1940, |
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being used to line a crate of firearms. |
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Above the city, all seems wondrous, |
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but at street level it was out of control again. |
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The different departments of life are jumbled together. |
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The hod carrier, the low mechanic, the tapster, |
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the publican, the shopkeeper, the petty fogger, |
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the citizen and courtier, |
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all tread upon the kibes of one another. |
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They are seen everywhere rambling, |
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riding, rolling, rushing, jostling, mixing, bouncing, cracking, |
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and crashing in one vile ferment of stupidity and corruption. |
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For the last 200 years, |
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many artists have tried to contain London in one vast image or sprawling work. |
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I wanted to express my fascination with the city, |
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its contradictions, its intricacy, |
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its mass of people, |
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all living their separate and sometimes communal lives. |
