<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511377" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Glorious Isolation</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was a sad little street, <br>houses all terraced<br>lined up like soldiers<br>with no front gardens.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two up, two down<br>we called them<br>and nowadays<br>well, they’re hot! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wonder at the world<br>with its price wars, <br>its property market, <br>its values.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Years ago your house<br>was your home, <br>you had local friends<br>you had roots.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These days it’s not cool<br>to all live streets away, <br>pop in and chat, <br>have an open door.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Folk move away, <br>find jobs elsewhere, <br>become isolated<br>and up market.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I phoned my sister<br>the other day.<br>We used to share a bed, <br>bottom to bottom.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I said, “how are you, <br>what you up to.”<br>And d’you know<br>she replied.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“I’m in Manchester<br>in glorious isolation”<br>Sign of the times I sighed, <br>with saddened eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ruth+Walters">Ruth Walters</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511377" data-title="Glorious Isolation de Ruth Walters" data-description="It was a sad little street, houses all terraced lined up like soldiers with no front gardens. Two up, two down we called them and nowadays well, they’re hot! I wonder at the world with its price wars, its property market, its values. Year..."></div> </div> </div>

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