Unlike ourselves they’ll not grow old

Now empty shells where once they sold

Their stuff in every High Street town

Their names respected and of renown;

For these victims of this viral year

Some raise a glass, some shed a tear;

Department stores know how this feels

Ask Debenhams, John Lewis, Beales

Oasis, Warehouse, Thorntons closed

And Evans for your fatties’ clothes

Your fashionware like H&M

(So sad to see the back of them!)

Carphone Warehouse, Mothercare,

Mike Ashley’s range of crap sportswear;

The empire of the King of Mean

The snot-ball that’s Sir Philip Green-

Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop too

And Dolly Perkins down the loo.

And in the meantime thundering on

We feed the beast that’s Amazon.