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| October 01, 2001 | Crawford, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
GLASGOW-EDIBURGH 
 
   Dawn frost crunched through Kelvinbridge 
   As I set out with my packed lunch 
   En route for Scotia's darling seat, 
   Heading west towards Abbotsinch 
 
   Down the snell, grey, salmoned Clyde 
   Where once I watched the QE2 
   Slip from her drydock for sea trials 
   Off Greenock, then glide out of view, 
 
   Shipping a Cold War way of life, 
   Rivets below, champagne above, 
   Which sounds so near-Jurassic now 
   To love it must be puppy love. 
 
   My flight's to that state of the art 
   Of David Hockney, glitz and splash, 
   Where Big Yins pine for hielan hames, 
   Nostalgic for an Old Firm match. 
 
   Sleep travels faster than we can 
   And humphs more luggage. East, past ...

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