Open/close side menu
C.C. Hogan

The wonderful stink of Camden Market

Comment on this article

A poem about an alternative market in London that has been running for years and is where hippies and punks and new-wave and even cowboy boot lovers all mix and are crazy together. If you are even in London, go there on a Sunday

It stank
It always stank
I loved the stink
The stench of it
The rotting veg
On the cobbled deck
Slipping and sliding
As the rain fell
"Fuck you, man!"
I only stopped
To pick up a roach
That I dropped
But who cares
As the shouts and calls
The selling and smelling
Of food and waste.
"Kung fu specials?"
Ken Russell's son selling
His DVD b-movies
Of kicks and yells
Su-Lyn cooking
Her noodles - don’t eat them!
They will fuck up your stomach
But they taste so good
"Are you bleeding?"
New piercings
Hope they cleaned up
You got what pierced where?
Oh, god, gonna cry!
But who cares?
We are where life is sold
In polystyrene trays
Where people rip clothes
And sell them as new
Where slave made furniture
Is cheap and chipped
And you can swear
On a t-shirt
But who cares?
You are up to your pits
In the shit
Of the greatest
The craziest
Market on earth
And I loved it so much
When it stank the most
Back in the days
When Camden was hot
With summer and bugsAnd salmonella
But who cares?
We didn't and don't
Cos if we're gonna get done
Get stoned and get fucked
Then Camden Market
Is where I want my luck!

 

    Comments

    Please feel free to comment - no anger, no bad vibes, no trashing people. Just sit around, enjoy a flagon of bear and mull over the world You can login with Disqus, Facebook, Twitter or Google.

    Series One & Two are out now!

    Start series one with Dirt for Free, and start reading the brand new series two with Girls of Dirt for only 99p!

    Girls of Dirt includes a recap of series one.

    Get it now at the Dirt website

    The Stink Is Here

    North London, 1976. The longest, hottest summer on record. The water is running out and the kids hate their parents. Which bunch of idiots would think it is a good idea to start a band?

    The Stink

    Visit The Stink Website