No
Longer Fair
by Rosemary
Fisher
rosemaryfisher1@yahoo.co.uk
Earth has not anything to
show more dull
Than
inner city turpitude;
Where
blanket-shrouded homeless feud
And scavenge litter
baskets full
Of
part-chewed burgers. Food to null
Their
hunger, while a multitude
Of
well-heeled tourists, sharp and shrewd,
Swarm
into shops to push and pull.
New architecture, crude
and bold;
Glass-fronted
office buildings thrust
Towards
the sky. Big Issue sold.
Sweet
violets long turned to dust.
The
streets, alas, not paved with gold.
Just
pigeons pecking pizza crust.
©2010 Rosemary Fisher
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