''A Container Park In Sheffield Town''
On Friday night (4th of November 2022), I took a trip to Sheffield to attend a gig at Sheffield City Hall. Walking my way to the venue, I saw the ''Sheffield Container Park''. The council have spent a reported £446,000 on this thing, and it's an absolute eyesore! The cost hits home when you look around the city and see social depravity, poverty, homelessness, and pound shops galore.
I went to the gig to see punk poet legend (Dr) John Cooper Clarke and felt inspired enough to write this. It's off the cuff, speedily written, and is (I hope) a nod to JCC's socially intelligent style. Incidentally, I love Sheffield. I know it can do better than this!;
A Container Park that sits in town,
Rank commercialism for half a million pounds,
The homeless man sits nearby,
sipping cider to drown,
whilst the eyesore sits empty, and no one's around
A decadent town hall that sits in town,
that spent half a million pounds,
and no one goes down,
Overpriced food that could feed the poverty-stricken,
half a million quid and all it does is sicken.
A container park that sits in town,
local rags won't bring this down,
No writing about the council clowns,
whilst the poverty-stricken sink cider to drown.
(c) @rybazoxo 05.11.22 Find more of my writing here www.ryanoxleywriter.blogspot.com
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