The Lucky Last at the Terminal of the Dead

The Lucky Last at the Terminal of the Dead is a spectral ghost train ride through the intestinal tract of Strike, Austerity, Covid and Gaza. 26 years into the 21st Century we drown in poverty, decay, dissolution, and complicity in genocide. We kill hope, our elders, our poets and prophets, replacing them with tinpot tyrants, self-serving spivs and murderous maniacs. The Lucky Last at the Terminal of the Dead does not ask us to mourn but to fight; it does not ask us to forget but to bear witness. Ultimately, it asks us what it is to be human as the graves fill. The Lucky Last at the Terminal of the Dead by James O’Brien, 50pps., ISBN 9781912710010, £10.