Sonnet 75

Behold Sonnet 75, which I wrote this afternoon, and had the effrontery to submit to Trip Advisor as a review of Leigh Delamere Service Station, an establishment adorning the M4 near Chippenham.

Sonnet 75

Leigh Delamere, you should have written verse:

a minor, whimsical, Pre-Raphaelite,

or modernist perhaps, but not too terse,

although stooping betimes into the trite.

Now come we in our cars to chew your stodge,

buy petrol - ludicrously over-priced -

take part in orgies in your Travelodge,

and moan about your toilets not being nice.

Leigh Delamere, I’ve been your Porlock too.

I’ve visited your stately pleasure dome

skidmarked your nylon sheets and blocked your loos,

stolen your towels and buggered off back home.

For these foul desecrations, let this be,

Leigh Delamere, my true apology.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g187049-d1877850-Reviews-Leigh_Delamere_Services-Swindon_Wiltshire_England.html