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Sheltered

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 We pass the old tram shelter
every time we go to the match

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Just like us this tram shelter
has never seen a tram in Leicester

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Donated to the city in 1934
by hosiery magnate Robert Rowley

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 It never served its purpose
the tramline never built

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Over the years it’s been a place
for couples to canoodle

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Teenagers to huddle
spray paint messages

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Windows smashed it offers
no respite from the wind

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Plans have been submitted
to turn it into a coffee bar

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Council officers think it’s maybe
a good way to make money

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 More than a disused building
this is a landmark

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Leave it be

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/sheltered/