THIEVES STEAL BRIDGE!

Photo by Edwyn Parry

                                  






                           






THIEVES  STEAL  BRIDGE!




Outside-a newsagents I seen the eadlines
'THIEVES STEAL BRIDGE!'
sif this town wuz livin up
to its repewtation.


I thought of the missis
on er way ome down-a A470
an would she disappear
inta a chasm by Pentrebach?


Thought o my son goin swimmin
down Rhydycar an would ee
afta swim the river
jest t get t the Leisure Centre?


An my dad walkin is dog,
would ee think of it
as a big gap in is brain,
tha ee woz gettin dementia?


Thought o ones over main roads,
them A-shaped structures
don' seem t be going nowhere ;
nobuddy'd notice if they woz missin.


For once, I bought a paper
an they adn stole the whool thing,
jest loadsa iron bars.
Still, it got me thinkin.

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