Autum Winds
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Autumn winds ¦¦¦ blowing down
On a thousand ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ women
Having baths ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Steam's escaping here and there,
Morning ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ cutting
Shake ¦¦¦ Crescent and ¦¦¦ Square.
¦¦¦¦¦ nip of changeful autumn,
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ through garden doors,
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Business women ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ soak,
Seeing ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ draughty skylight
Flying clouds ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ smoke.
Rest you ¦¦¦¦¦¦ poor ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ones,
Lap ¦¦¦¦ loneliness in heat.
All too soon ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ breakfast,
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
(Blackout of Business Girls by John Betjeman)
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