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An
E'nbrugh Dream
I
had an unco dream the ither nicht:
I
dreamt the Castle and the Castle Rock
Had
disappeared - clean vanished frae the sight
Doon
the volcanic plug-hole. What
a shock!
The
view frae Princes Street was brak your hairt.
Juist
naething! A’ the Bailies
had assembled
To
view the damage frae the safest airt -
Ae
muckle hole. Some grat and
ithers trembled.
“Man,
this’ll kill the tourist trade for shair
But
mebbe we could hae a car pairk noo.”
The
polis moved me on. I heard
nae mair
But
saw, afore I left for the Buroo,
A
message chalked by someone wi’ a grouse
“Site
of the Ring Road - Sewage - Opera House.”
Douglas
Fraser ?
1965
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