Profligate words loose

on the door of the British Library Bookshop.

‘Shop Now Open’, 

a toxic affront to the pedantic poetic diaspora,

and mobiliser of minds to make the words clearer.

‘Shop Open’ or ‘Open Shop’,

an improvement, but still pointless to the picky,

who righteously say it’s stating the bleeding obvious.

‘Shop Now’ or worse, ‘Now Shop’,

are ...

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Dusty Books

I'm a poet 

Not a mechanic

If the rhyme breaks down

Should I panic?

For each syllable stretch

And stumbling scan

Do I search for another

Or act like a man

Must the purpose I scribe

Be for passing a test

Or maybe some mention

Of a tale with some zest

I think the audience tell 

If they like it or not

And may offer a silence

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