The Sheldon
Cinema
Art-deco palace
gone, Wherein a thousand dreams took shape And were, for a
moment, More real than any modern neutron bomb.
They smashed
a hole in your side My river Lethe celluloid.
In you lived
knightly deeds of derring-do, Embracing in a darkened womb A world beyond
the world we all presume To be the real world of me and you.
They smashed
a hole in your side My river Lethe celluloid.
Today they tore
your silver screen Spilling out a million screams Of laughter, tears and
fears, Now, like the lights, just a dream
They smashed
a hole in your side My river Lethe celluloid.
You taught me
how to drop The nonchalant bon-mot, tie a dickey-bow How to smoke a
cigarette like Herbert Lom, And all the strange delights of your back
row.
They smashed
a hole in your side My river Lethe celluloid.
Demotic men in
metal hats swing metal balls At all the treasured memories Held within
your walls. Red plush seats tilt awry, Ripping deep red carpets. And
when I, in anguish, cry, Why? They answer back A
Supermarket.
They smashed
a hole in your side My river Lethe celluloid.
But,
theres one across the road, I saw it yesterday. Another by the
Wheatsheaf, And one across the way. Is everybody shopping mad or is it
only me Who remembers all the joy you gave, For only one and
three? Pence that is, not these stupid pee. |