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Poem No. 19

The Lobster Pot

There is what is, and what is not,

And then there is The Lobster Pot.


Between dream and reality, it lies somewhere,

Steeped in ocean mists and coastal air

(In fact it lies in Blackness-on-Sea,

The nicest place you’ll ever be).


Between the realms of kitsch and art

It waits to charm your jaded heart

With many a painting bright, and sign

That only the cynical would malign.


Between the worlds of work and leisure,

You can take your pint with pleasure:

While waiting staff around you hurry,

You can drink without a worry.


Between the ocean and the land,

There upon a desolate strand,

It waits your custom, waits to show

Good people where good people go.


There is what is, and what is not,

And then there is The Lobster Pot.

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