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‘All the vain things’: from Decline and Fall to Brideshead Revisited

Contemporary poets

Bill Greenwell

Bill Greenwell is a poet and parodist who lectures in creative writing at The Open University. ‘Beer’ is taken from his collection Impossible Objects (Cinnamon Press 2006) and is reproduced here by permission of Cinnamon Press. His website is www.billgreenwell.com.

I am in beer with you. The first time I saw you I knew it was beer. Beer! said my father. What do young men know about beer? I would give beer a wide berth, if I were you. What does

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