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The word 'emo', of course, is a modern contraction of 'emotional'. It's use here, at the end of a poem (a method of self-therapy if ever there was one) reminds the 'reader' of the character Big Chris's final line in Mr Ritchie's motion picture Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels: 'It's been emotional'. It is a clear reference to the mentally cleansing process of constructing a poem. By its use, the author poet asks us to view his poem sympathetically, with understanding and indulgence.
I quite liked the poem, personally.
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