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BORDERS

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 (an older post)

 

They’re shutting our shops in the High Streets

Through losses and lack of new orders

But saddest to date I have to relate

Was the closure of Davygate Borders.

 

I used to pop in and delve through the shelves

Then leisurely lounge in the chairs,

Pick a novel or three to accompany tea

Which you took in the Starbuck’s upstairs.

 

I’ve done Bernard Cornwell and Bryson, of course,

And masters of socialist thought;

And with an espresso, I’ve gazed at Picasso –

Come to think of it – none that I’ve bought.

 

It was then at long last that I realised fast

It was true quite undeniably;

It was blindingly obvious why it went bust

It wasn’t a shop – more a library.

◄ Legs

DAVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE ►

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John Coopey

Mon 20th Apr 2015 00:38

...and, indeed, MC that was what it was.

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 19th Apr 2015 15:55

How very true of many places that offer reading stuff.
I sigh each time I have to negotiate past browsers to
the rack containing my daily 'paper! And many's the time
I've been tempted to ask "What do you think this is...a
(expletive deleted) library?!"

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