Did I 'ear it 'arf in a doze: <br />The Co-ops was a goin' somewhere, <br />Did I 'ear it while pickin' 'ops; <br />How they better start takin' care, <br /> <br />That the papers were gettin' together <br />And the larger stores were likewise <br />Considering something that would, as you <br />Might say, be a surprise <br /> <br />To the Co-ops, a echo or somethin'? <br />They tell me that branded goods <br />Don't get a discount like Mr. Selfridge <br />Of 25 per cent, on their ads., and the woods <br /> <br />Is where the Co-ops are goin' to, <br />And that Oxford Street site <br />Is not suited to co-operation <br />A sort of'Arab's dream in the night. <br /> <br />''We have plenty, so let it be.' <br />The example of these consumers in co-operation <br />Might cause thought and be therefore <br />A peril to Selfridge and the nation.<br /><br />Ezra Pound<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alf-s-seventh-bit/
