Great picture, Jim. I especially like the wit of the eBay line ...
Andrew
On 28/12/06, Jim Bennett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> in Liscard last week's decorated
> bright tinsel tree looks withered
> like it caught some rags
> and they're left billowing
> in the wind
> dispirited the afterworks
> of Christmas
> undecorate themselves
> a string of lights
> zig zag the road
> between the shops
> many dead unbright
> burned out black glass
> bulbs hang like corpses
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> shops are all sales
> of aftershock stock remnants
> someone had a party
> left all the rubbish behind
> an eBay for the computerless
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> here too the dull-eyed
> weary wander
> to the sound of worn-out
> Christmas songs
> tired-of-it-all parents
> count the days till
> back-to-school beckons
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> on a sale bargain TV screen
> pictures of the aftermath
> of car bombs in a Bagdad street
> as Shane MacGowan starts to sing
> "It's Christmas Eve babe
> In the drunk tank"
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Andrew
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