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Good and accurate poem
Empty
The pretty streets beside
the sea
Belie a sickening sound
Of morbid wealth that took by stealth
The buildings in the town.
And most of them are empty,
Few people can be found.
They made their many millions
Moving money in the Smoke
Before they saw a stunning view;
Then bought it off some bloke.
And now that small investment
Has doubled at a stroke.
Many a fierce fishermen
Who lived in homes like these,
Would come home to their weary wives
From work upon the seas
And spend their Sunday mornings
In church upon their knees.
Their sadness is to see their homes
Closed up, silent and bare.
Only open when their rich
Plush owners can be there.
No local accents sounding
Is more than they could bear.
Cornish folk are now priced out
Of property by the sea.
And through the blinded
windows
We see prosperity,
Though now these streets
are empty
Except for you and me.
A single, silent seagull
Swoops upon its prey.
Then verdant country greets us
As we drive away
And look back on the
ghost town
As silence mars the day.
Francis Charters