Genesis

And in the beginning is the word
and the word echoes
round the streets

and multiplies
and says

Come & Try
Our New
Menu

and the word on the street is that
more words begat even more words
and they say

Bar & Grill

and

Bayley Lane

and some words explain
what it’s all about

it’s all about
Latte

apparently

though sometimes in the hubbub
and cacophony
unwritten voices cry out

‘God give me strength!’

but let us find joy
in the commerce of our expanding dictionary

Office Industrial Warehouse Mercia

O words
there is room for you all

Hallelujah