How to Walk the Streets of London
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London’s pavements are now a risky beat
So you must prepare for what you might meet
Bicycles of course have the right of way
(I know because that’s what cyclists say)
So the only way to avoid derision
Is to wear a device with two way vision
So you are not blind
To cyclists coming in front and behind
Or the line of mobile phones (humans attached)
From the rest of the world strangely detached
Which move towards you with vision denied
And won’t budge so best to step to one side
To avoid a needless mobile collide
Then when it rains to add to our follies
Out comes the much feared brigade of brollies
Demanding fresh skills to circumvent
Umbrellas that soon fill half the pavement
You are forced to buy one yourself of course
To repel the brollies with a counter force
Be patient you will soon be home
When the rain stops
And civilisation, one presumes,
Resumes.
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