A great big placard
\nClosing down
\n50 per cent off
\nA tiny town<\/p>\n
A garden centre
\nOne hundred years
\nAt least of business
\nA time for tears<\/p>\n
Empty shelves
\nNot many plants
\nA few seed packets
\nLeft to chance<\/p>\n
Some dusty stock
\nSome christmas fayre
\nBut not much else
\nToday was there<\/p>\n
A beautiful white cat
\nEyes closed tight
\nSo resolutely
\nIn the light<\/p>\n
Resting
\nCaring little for
\nThe business
\nSeemingly
\nknew the score<\/p>\n
The lease was up
\nThey want to build
\nOne women clearly
\nshe concealed
\nHer sadness
\nbut she diligently
\nRe Positioned the shelves
\nmost carefully<\/p>\n
In Alphabetical order
\n they
\nLooked attractive
\nanyway
\n“Will”was on hand
\nto do his best
\nAnswering really to any test<\/p>\n
This had been happening since july
\nWith little left for passers by
\n9 till 6 pm each day she was there
\nDoing her best and clearly did care<\/p>\n
A sterling character I would say
\nUntarnished and unsullied in every way
\nWhich I told her anyway<\/p>\n
The current state economically
\nBusinesses feeling the trend some be
\nClosing selling what they can
\nBig and small its down the pan<\/p>\n
Closing down the shelves were bare
\nAnd very few people were buying there
\nA few pansies thats about
\nAll they had but lots of doubt<\/p>\n
That energy of a bygone time
\nWould die a death just like a rhyme
\nWritten for somebodys day
\nSomebody who had passed away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A great big placard Closing down 50 per cent off A tiny town A garden centre One hundred years At least of business A time for tears Empty shelves Not many plants A few seed packets Left to chance Some … Continue reading