‘Hello, Dolly!’

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www.once-loved-always.loved.com Advertisement   FOR SALE   VINTAGE VENUS COUNTRY LADIES’ BIKE Advertiser: Ms N Ewe Stored in deep cellar, many years. Rusty, dusty, exceeding musty. When clean, beauteous sheen, silver, black; eye-watering gleam. Owned by one ageing poet manqué, now manky from excess hanky-panky. Poet not for sale. Bike, answers to name ‘Dolly’, needs much love, rub-a-dub-dub. Other bikes - dare to imitate – best flattery - priced £100.00-plus. My darlin’s worth can’t be placed. Hitch ride to – er - Hitchin, Herts, meet world’s greatest baker, queen of tarts. (Log in with your Once Loved password for more details)

Author’s Note: This piece first appeared as Goodbye, Dolly in The A3 Review, Issue 2, published by Writing Maps.com,  a literary magazine that folds out like a map. Further details from: http://writingmaps.com/collections/writing-maps-courses/products/the-a3-review-issue-2)

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(© Natalie Irene Wood 20 March 2015)