Oliver Francois Xavier Sarony ..

I gazed at the white reef of the Victorian stucco -

Here, the photographer had bedazzled his mutton chopped sitters -

He'd sported a beard and a tasselled smoking cap -

Conning the golden guineas -

Thrown upon the shore by a wild sea -.

Trying to save a lordling -

The icy rope torn from his hand -

The musicians still playing in the gilded ballroom -





Monday 9 March 2020

Scarborough