In Rosie's ...

I'm sitting in Rosie's, about to glug a bumper - a jazz band will soon be playing - diners in Friday finery are eating sea food - Richard's just told me about the carpet seller of Konya - 

In Albert Road a pale beggar asked me - any money for the homeless? 

In Adelphi Books I saw the habitat of the portly wheezy book seller -

Richard's just said I see only one beard, but that's more than I saw last year - 

He pauses - are these people successfully riding the waves of austerity? 

Rosie's 

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May 2 2014