Croydon Part 5

They are closing the shops
the town planners
are leaving on the tram,
semi millionaires hoover
at the half a million flats
how did it get this way?
possibly i'm bothered!
ripping out the centre,
to make sure any indigenous,
person couldn't join the scheme,
when did you stop
being my town?
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March 31, 2023 at 1:19 AM
I can sympathize with your point of view: it sometimes feels as if the world is being sacrificed to the greed of property developers and big businesses.
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