A poem by Mat Riches.

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Mat Riches is ITV’s unofficial poet-in-residence. Recent work has been in Wild Court, The New Statesman, The Friday Poem, Bad Lilies, Frogmore Papers and Finished Creatures. He co-runs Rogue Strands poetry evenings. A pamphlet, ‘Collecting the Data’, is out via Red Squirrel Press. Follow him on Twitter/visit his blog.