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Tuesday 25 April 2017

Yours (Without Hours)

A man, in a long raincoat
I guess he is here, with his wife
Here, more for the recital
Than for the Vespers

They look like a couple
Of well-to-do European 
(Did we used to say foreign)
Reasoned, and cultured tourists

The bells chime to signify
Three minutes to go
A little bit like the last call
At the Theatre Royal

Yet with only five patrons
Thus far in the congregation
I don't expect there to be
Much, of a last minute rush