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| image courtesy of James Rainsford |
Touchdown at Heathrow
London love affair is born
Oxford aspirations
West End wishes
Topped with chocolate sponge pudding
Her rural southern roots
Confine her
Like a prisoner in a tower
She dreams of escaping Underground
To emerge speaking the Queen's English
"Stop"?
Oh no. She's just beginning.
submitted for One Shoot Sunday at One Stop Poetry
also for Poetry Potluck-Favorite Things
