- Me and all my neighbours,
- having lived here quite a while,
- We know each other's names
- and always give a nod and smile
- But all of that might change quite soon,
- at least it is implied:
- Estate agents are saying that
- we're being gentrified!
- They say they're bringing coffee shops,
- and florists to the road,
- Mums riding round on cargo bikes
- with children as their load.
- A nick-nack shop, a gallery,
- a fancy new boutique.
- We'll all be middle class,
- and we will change the way we speak.
- My house will not be 16B -
- it needs to have a name.
- We cannot drink prosecco now -
- we'll only drink champagne.
- Celebs will live among us,
- proper ones off BBC,
- Like Brendan Lynch the runner-up
- from Bake-off season three.____
by Albert Semple
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