i bought this collection of
or selected poems by the great
sylvia plath

i don´t really know her well
but she was married to ted
a poet lauriette of the fifties

it was fifty cents from a boot
car or car boot and my first thought
as always was

how books have depreciated
it would be the best part of a poor man´s
wage back in victorian age

indeed if he could read..
books were honoured and loved
a golden age of literature..

in future what will be the equivalent?
i wondered..
but meanwhile i paid my 50 cent..