Eymet Emigres

whispers behind hands

camouflaged wry smiles

for those who came 

in search of Avalon instead

found Little Britain 

an emigré cancer infestation 

over forty years 

walnut veneer wrinkles

bad tea and cheap wi-fi 

bridges burnt rent-a-gite 

tourist tat stall on the market 

back home every Christmas 

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© Graham R Sherwood 08/22