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MarcusLane
| A shadowy shop with | 1 |
Shelves that bend and buckle | 2 |
Under the weight of years. | 3 |
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The dust of the decade | 4 |
Lies undisturbed | 5 |
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Volumes lined in motley ranks | 6 |
Anthologies, albums and almanacks | 7 |
Heaped in | 8 |
Precarious stacks. | 9 |
A few flaking pamphlets. | 10 |
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Dream-like sepia images | 11 |
Dog-eared and damp | 12 |
Bulge from mildewed and | 13 |
Musty manilla. | 14 |
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Some are excited by | 15 |
The acrid smell | 16 |
Of old books. | 17 |
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Not sure that I am. | 18 |
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A bargain box or a treasure chest | 19 |
Who cares. | 20 |
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Festered and forgotten | 21 |
Between the yellowing pages of | 22 |
A railway timetable | 23 |
Lie someone's drawings. | 24 |
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Quite clever. | 25 |
A little deranged, if you ask me. | 26 |
Nice colours | 27 |
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But you wouldn't want them on your wall. | 28 |
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Eight etchings by William Blake have been acquired for the nation after the Tate Gallery raised £441,000.The etchings, depicting the artist and writer's bleak visions, were discovered inside a train timetable at a secondhand book sale. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8451803.stm) |
13 Mar 10 |
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I love Blake's poetry and his art Marcus. It could go on my wall anytime!
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Not sure I understand your comment!
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