In the predawn dim light The CCTV slave never sleeps As the waking windows blink their eyes The smell of bacon and toast fills the streets AI is the new Rembrandt night watch To serve and protect as they pretend But they never say whom Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
Nightlife on probation in London Saturday night special Blues Brothers impersonation We shall soon be remanded in custody By the confinement zealots and latter wave believers Serve and protect have become vain words As our names do not appear on the ledgers Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery