"Evidently Chickentown" by John Cooper Clarke
I had to find out who the amazing poet was at the beginning of that Joy Division video I posted earlier. (He also appears in the movie "Control.") Turns out his name is John Cooper Clarke and here is that poem, entitled, "Evidently Chickentown" in its entirety. I've also found another version that uses the word, "fuckin'" in place of "bloody." I believe that's the way it was recited in the movie. The "bloody" version seems to have been made into a dance mix and was used on an episode of the Sopranos.
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