Inspired by Graham Sherwood's 'First Thursday' and the recent work of Red Brick Keshner. Thanks fellas.

 

Home Town

 

Where bookies are only outnumbered by charity shops,

The bag for life zigzags sarcastically down High Street.

Multi-lingual food stores offer a taste of home,

Wherever the sparse crowd originated.

Banks repurposed, pubs left high and dry,

Shuttered premises showing everything is To Let.

Long since pedestrianized plazas showing their age,

Raised paving slabs and deserted flower beds.

Begging for a compensation claim,

Solicitors advertise their online services,

On papered over windows of former offices,

Strictly No Win No Fee.