` <br /> <br /> <br />squashed cabbage leaves, <br />crushed petals, broken stems <br />strewn along grey slush <br /> <br /> <br />wind whisks cobbled street, <br />gravel crunches under <br />hooves and booted feet <br /> <br /> <br />rain-drooped marquees <br />whisper freshest gossip; <br />clock tower tolls on the hour <br /> <br /> <br />`<br /><br />Frederick Kesner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/market-day-2/
