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Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2024 Nov 23
Poetry of the Week
The pump
- EdgedevaIn the square,
The solitary pump no longer pumps.
Pumping had ceased and the pumpers had long gone with the disappearance Of the pumping handle.
The pump itself Remains,
blank testament to over one hundred and fifty years of hard earned
Water extraction. Now, office workers and tourists pass by, some solitary,
Some blankly and some.....wearing pumps.Posted: 2024 Nov 23
Tag Archives: Explorers
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