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Noblesse Oblige (Free verse) by Christof

Five oak chairs. There once were six But some fat fool leaned back too hard While passing the port. They'll fetch less now the set is gone. It's a crime because Her father's forefather picked them up In sixteen-something in an Irish bog He was taming for Cromwell. See, The family has always believed in democracy. So, in memory Of her night in a van with a plasterer Who reeked of lager but you had to love His orphanage face and his hopeless laughter When she told him, see, I'm no ordinary daughter, She's selling her father's chairs To raise cash for the Socialist Worker.

Nicholas Jones 25-Sep-02/4:01 AM
Have you been watching Bargain Hunt? David Dickinson is like a god. Anyway, this is great. I love the idea of selling antiques in the name of socialism. Perhaps I will devote myself to this when I finish my PhD. You bring in history (Cromwell and Ireland) in a way that fits with the poem and is integrated into it.




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