POETRY KITe ANTHOLOGY

in the cafe at John Lewis

(December 2010)

..

I settle for a scone and a tea

you have a coffee and toast

.

from a seat by the window

we look out on Liverpool One

,

the bright neon painted shops

and an atlas of restaurants

.

beyond that spires steeples towers

the roofs of the old city

.

clocks crosses wind vanes

shaped like merchant sailing ships

.

domes windows in attic rooms

shedding light on secret lives

.

from here we see history mapped

in sandstone and roof tiles

,

while below the pavements

tunnels dug and lined by unknown hands

.

the pool the first docks

all buried underfoot

.

as sunlight sparkles on the Mersey

we talk about the shops

.

and what we have to do outside

Liverpool writes another day

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