Flypaper

A Crown Cinquain Inspired By What I Saw Over Waterstones In Newcastle

By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred Published about a year ago • 1 min read

Scaffolding Over Waterstones In Newcastle

Introduction

I think Emerson Chambers is one of the most impressive buildings in Newcastle, and it is occupied by Waterstones.

It's currently having work done, so you cannot see this magnificent frontage. I saw the scaffolding and the men in it made me think of flies stuck on flypaper and so from that we get a crown cinquain

The music is "The Fly" by The Joshua Trio.

Flypaper

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High Up
Scaffolding Raised
Like A Metal Prison
Workers Held There Like Orange Flies
Waiting
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Waiting
For Instructions
O'er Emerson Chambers
Where Waterstone's Book Can Be bought
By All
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The Men
In Bright Orange
Like Flies Trapped, Unmoving
As They Work To Renew And Clean
The Stone
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They Climb
To Do Their Work
High Above Blackett Street
In Their Shiny Metal Cages
They Work
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This Cage
Of Tubular
Steel, Rising To The Sky
And Higher Than Grey's Monument
They Fly
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